I'm confused! Did the Alons have a different fuel system than the Ercoupes? It is my understanding that with a gravity feed system, you cannot have a vapor lock condition. Fuel flows down, and fumes flow up. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Larry G/F Alon S/N149 wrote: > > Like Wayne, I have never had a problem with vapor-lock, or the engine > quitting in my Alon in my eight years of ownership. Although there was an > ATC approval for using auto fuel in my airplane when I bought it, I chose > not to use it. Why? I have heard stories of other airplanes having > vapor-lock problems when using auto gas. Notably, these were Cherokee 140s > and Cessna 152s. Flying is not a cheap sport. This should be realised > going in. Cutting corners by using automotive oil, automotive fuels and > non-approved parts, in my mind, is penny wise, dollar foolish and is > courting disaster! > George Frebert > > On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:13:04 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Folks, > > > > There is a service bulletin on the Alons to modify the fuel system to > avoid > > potential vapor lock problems. This may be the problem that John Wright > was > > talking about. I have heard of a few instances of Alon engines quiting > due > > to vapor lock. The guy that I bought mine back from had it happen to > him. > > Luckily he was able to put it back down on the remaining runway. He then > had > > the modifications described in the service bulletin done on the plane. I > > > flew this same plane for about 300 hours before the mods were done ( when > I > > owned it 15 years ago) but I never had any problem with vapor lock. I > don't > > know if he had the vapor lock with auto fuel or avgas. The plane is > STC'd > > for auto gas, but I never use it. > > > > Did anyone happen to get a tape recording of the Coupe forum at Sun n > Fun?? > > > > Wayne DelRossi > > Alon N5618F > > > __________________________________________________________________________ ______ > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________ > > Enlighten your in-box. http://www.topica.com/t/15 > > _______________________________________________________ > Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite > Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp > > __________________________________________________________________________ ______ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________ > Enlighten your in-box. http://www.topica.com/t/15 __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ Enlighten your in-box. http://www.topica.com/t/15
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