----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- I must be from the old school. Never a flight goes by that I haven't checked both wing tanks and the gascolator. I was taught that you don't have any other option. If you're going to fly, you check the fuel. But, I don't know why anyone would drain a full pint out unless water or contamination shows up. I, at times, do drain several small samples, from each drain, but at most I will drain 4-5 oz. Perhaps it's psychological. Kinda like a urine sample. Once you start, you can't stop until the whole thing is full.
Larry Greg Bullough wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > Doesn't Skyport have a proper, approved, metal gascolator > retrofit kit? > > At 05:14 PM 8/2/00 -0700, g w wrote: > >John, Hadn't thought of that, I guess it could be so. However, it takes > >very little tilt and the bowl is still so low that I doubt it hurts its > >ability to trap water, but you never know. > > I use a GATS jar.(That's the thingambob with the filter screen that > lets you put the gas back in the tank after you look at it, and > even gets the crud and the water out. Heck a half pint of fuel at > 3 bucks a gallon is worth saving, not to mention the good airport > owner's tarmac and the ground water. > > Another good reason for using it is that I like to drain a LOT > of fuel through the gascolator before flying. Heard much about > crud that accumulates in the header. Maybe it's superstition, > maybe the crud can't be got at that well anyway. But hell, > it makes me feel better. The GATS jar has a big (14oz) > capacity, and I turn on the fuel and let 'er rip. Often as not, > I fill that jar. > > I can't imagine flying without draining all the drains first. In > fact, I've had an 'oh shit' experience after not draining the > wing sumps before just taxiing ("I'm not going to fly, why > worry?") after realizing I'd maybe just sucked any crap that was > in the bottom of the wing tanks right up into the header > tank. Dumb. Stupid. Idiot. Dumb. With 20/20 hindsight. > > After about 60 days on the ground (winter) I put sandbags > on the tail and drained two full gallons out of the header > via the gascolator before I even thought of starting the > engine in early March. > > Again, this may do no real good due to the crud accuming > in the lower corner of the tank. But it keeps my blood from > running so damned cold thinking about it. > > But jeez, you have to open the cowling anyway to look at the > engine. That's one of the (many) things that makes Ercoupes > better than 150's... ....you can look at the engine. So why > wouldn't you drain the gascolator? > > Greg > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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