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on 01/28/04 5:12 PM, Greg Bullough at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I forget who it was, but someone on the list made an annual practice of > sandbagging > the tail down and, having created a siphon from a length of stiff plastic > tubing attached > to a flexible tube essentially 'vacuumed out' the header tank, through the > filler, > getting down into the corners and the bottom seam, like somebody cleaning an > aquarium. > > This apparently removed a modicum of debris and a gout of water. > > When my airplane was stored outside, every year at the start of the season I > would sandbag the tail down and drain at least a gallon of fuel through the > gascolator. I know that water could still 'hide' below the fuel pick-up, but > figured that this way I'd find any egregious contamination. > > Greg > ---------------------------------------------------------- Yo Greg! I think I'm the contributor you refer to. The first time I would do this on a coupe, I would usually get "...a modicum of debris and a gout of water". Ever after, in southern california, I never found a thing; but the coupe was hangared in a moderate desert climate. One more thing, I did this to the wing tanks too; with similar success. Regards, WRB ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
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