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Dan, You've learned lesson 1 about Coupe fueling: If you fill it at all, fill the nose tank first and allow time for it to drain to it's standard level. The engine driven fuel pump just pumps from the wing tanks into the nose tank. The excess goes into the overflow back to the wing tanks. Your nose tank will never depart from full unless the wing tanks are empty or you have a fuel pump failure. So, if you still have fuel in the wing tanks, there's no need to bother filling the nose tank at all - it's already full. If your nose tank float gauge starts down, you'd better beat it to the ground. Fuel only gets to the engine by gravity feed from the nose tank. (Note that I once had the float sink on me in flight but it gave me warning ahead of time so I didn't panic - well, only medium. If you float cork is saturated, you can get a new one from Skyport at http://www.skyportservices.net ) The nose tank isn't normally full right to the brim. There's some air space at the top which keeps it from spilling during climbs. When you say, "When I was flying home the engine pump would keep the fuselage tank full, not now." What do you mean? Has the fuel pump failed so you never use fuel from the wing tanks? We're here to help. Ed Burkhead http://edburkhead.com ed -at- edburkhead???.com (replace -at- with @ and remove ???) -----Original Message----- From: Dan Mooney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 6:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] FUEL SYSTEM ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- I recently purchased a 1946 415C Coupe. Shortly after getting her home I found that when I filled the fuselage tank it would drain from there into the wing tanks over flowing them. When I was flying home the engine pump would keep the fuselage tank full, not now. (fuel pump ?) Anyone ever have this happen? Thank You Dan Mooney ========================================================================== == == To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/ ========================================================================== ==== 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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