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Excellent point! Of course, any sediment you permit to remain in your float bowl reduces the volume of the bowl, and correspondingly changes the volumetric relationship between bowl volume and float height. In any given carburetter, float height is assigned a value that permits the bowl to fill with enough fuel to accomodate any conceivable demand. Reducing the available volume is the same as exceeding float height. I suggest cleaning the bowl periodically if for no other reason than to restore OEM factory specs for fuel volume available. R. Beeman ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 11:13 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Ercoupes that lose power on take off or in flight > Can I just interject a thought here- I know down time will give you that > result but if you dont drain your carb bowl (or whoever is doing your > annual for you) at each annual you can end up flying with that in your > carb. The main jet pickup is elevated from the carb bowl floor, and the > water and sediment will stay there at the bottom while the lighter fuel > above it is drawn into the main jet. > > > Jan Zanutto > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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