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Larry,
As Hartmut says, remove the floorboards and look at the fuel lines.
If no luck there, remove the wing root fairings and look at the inboard
bulkheads of the wing fuel tanks. I had a leak in one, and the fuel
dripped onto the front bottom of the spar and ran inboard and then
dripped onto the belly skin. You will also be able to see the fuel line
coming from the wing tanks until they enter the fuselage.
Tell us how it all turns out.
Syd
Larry Snyder wrote:
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We had a nice day yesterday - the first in two weeks, and my son and I
went out for a quick flight to a nearby airport for lunch. I checked
the wing tanks - they had been 1/2 full after my last trip to Kentucky
a couple of weeks ago - and they were dry! There was also a strong
fuel smell.
I put some gas in the tanks, and after a while I could see slow
dripping from the belly of the plane. The cowl tank was full, and I
just had it rebuilt a few months ago, so I know it's OK. The carpet
was clean, too. I pulled the seat cushion and looked under the seat
pan and could see wetness, but the source was in front of the main
spar, so I couldn't see it. My mechanic is going to look at it
tomorrow to see what the problem is. I'm really hoping it's not a
leaky fuel tank, since that would be time consuming to fix and I have
a big March trip planned.
So, based on experience out there and the symptoms (both tanks dry,
dripping from belly just ahead of main spar) any guesses? Are there
any rubber gas lines up there, or are they all metal?
Thanks!
Larry Snyder
N99340
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