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Randy. If you fill the tanks up to the neck, you will have fuel spills. That is normal and can't be avoided unless you retrofit the fuel system to a non-vented one. The only thing to avoid fuel spills is not to fill the tanks all the way to the top. If you smell fuel in the cockpit, even with 3/4 filled tanks, then I would suggest looking for leaks. But right now, your brother in law is wasting time and money and while searching , you might break something. Don't fix it if it aint broken. Hartmut ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Hougham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Coupers-Tech" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] fuel leak in cockpit > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > The vents are facing forward and the gaskets are new. I have seen it leaking > around the gas cap and believe that this is where the problem lies, however, > my A&P and brother-in-law was in the airplane when it did this and now he is > insisting on removing the wing tank to look for the possible leak. I'm just > wondering if this is common to other Ercoupes. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tommy Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Randy Hougham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 6:43 AM > Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] fuel leak in cockpit > > > > > > Hello Randy, my first thoughts are about caps: > > Are yours on correctly, with teh vent holes facing forward? > > Do you have good gaskets under the caps? > > > > Congratulations on the rebuild and on the restoration of a family > > heirloom. > > > > Tommy > > N93929 > > > > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:28:40 -0500 > > "Randy Hougham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > >>advice in this forum.]---- > >> > >> > >>Does anybody else have this problem: when I top off my fuel tanks with > >>gas, and then take off, I have fuel misting around down by the main spar. > >>We are usually flying open cockpit, and we only have the problem when we > >>are in a climb attitude and only during the first 10 or 15 minutes of > >>flight. If we fill the tank 2 inches from the top, there's no problem. > >> > >>Randy > >>Grandpa's Ercoupe > >>NC87384 > >>========================================================================== ==== > >>To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > >> > >> > >> > > > > ============================================================================ == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
