Ed, My cap gaskets look OK, but obviously the water is getting in there somehow, so maybe I do need new, more pliable cap gaskets.
I tried siphoning the bottoms of my tank during the last annual inspection, but I couldn't get the end of the hose down to the bottom inboard corner of the fuel tanks because of the ribs being in the way. Or if I did get it down there, I couldn't tell that it was down there. Does anyone have a good method of getting the siphon hose to the bottom inboard corner of the tank? Thanks, Wayne -----Original Message----- From: Ed Burkhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Sent: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:07 pm Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Tank cleaning Wayne wrote: > I stll get water in the tanks when washing the plane. Usually > it takes several iterations of sumping the tanks, shaking the > plane, waiting a few minutes and then sumping the tanks > again to get all of the water out. Wayne, Perhaps you should double check the gaskets on your fuel caps. Also, you might find it cleans the tanks faster to “vacuum” them using a hose/probe, siphoning the fuel/pollution into a container. I haven’t tried it but others use it to clean their tanks periodically. It seems appropriate for your need. Just an idea or two. Ed ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com
