Richard,
Do you have sloshing compound in your header tank, or wing tanks?
If so, a piece could have dislodged and plugged the overflow line.
Syd
Richard Todd wrote:
Nothing was touched in regard to the fuel system. It flew great for me
last Friday, yet started over-flowing during the next flight.
Richard
--- On Thu, 7/3/08, John Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: John Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Header Fuel Tank: Rapid Over-Flowing???
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "'TECH-FORUM'"
<[email protected]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 10:42 AM
Sounds like someone removed the restrictor fitting from the fuel
pump. The fitting should limit pump output to about 8 gallons an
hour. This should preclude the level raising fast enough to watch.
John Cooper
Skyport Services
4996 Delaware Tnpk
Rensselaerville, NY 12147
518 797-3064
www.skyportservices .net
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From: ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:ercoupe-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] .com] On Behalf Of Richard Todd
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 1:23 PM
To: TECH-FORUM
Cc: rtrdrotordrvr@ webtv.net
Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Header Fuel Tank: Rapid Over-Flowing? ??
Hello all, after completing the Paint/Polish scheme on our Coupe,
I took it for a test flight last Friday evening. The plane looked
great and flew perfectly. My partner took it for a flight
yesterday and advised that when he reduced power on final
approach, fuel began to over-flow rapidly from the header tank. As
he would add power to the throttle, the over-flow was reduced but
not stopped. As you reduce throttle power, the over-flow increases
a great deal.
I attempted to take it for a test flight this morning to observe
the over-flow issue myself. As I was taxiing, I noticed the header
tank filling by watching the float indicator go higher than usual.
It then began a pretty heavy over-flow to where fuel was running
down the cowling. At that point I just chopped power to avoid a
fire. Now as it sits in my hangar, the fuel float is back to where
it should be. It's acting as though the fuel return back to the
wing tanks has slowed. It appears that the fuel pump is sending
fuel to the header tank faster than it's returning to the wing tanks.
Does this sound like a partial clog in the header tanks return
lines, or could something else be causing this issue? I did check
the vents on all 3 fuel caps, and they are clear. Other than that.
I'm at a loss.
Any advice will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Richard
