Re: [COUPERS-TECH] fuel leak in cockpit

[dennis spiegel]

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TIGHTEN THE TANGS ON THE GAS CAP  dennis 99564

Hartmut Beil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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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"
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] fuel leak in cockpit


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> 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.
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> 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
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> >
> > 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:
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> >>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
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