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Greg. I saw blow bubbles in the header tank gauge when the little plastic cap on that gauge started cracking. One little hole n this cap and low pressure will be on the sight tube. This low pressure will suck gas in little amounts and the bubbles will appear. When I put a new cap on top of the tube, all bubbling disappeared for good. Hartmut Greg Bullough wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > I had a very vivid illustration, today, of how a little > thing can upset the balance of the Ercoupe fuel > system. > > Yesterday, while flying along with wing tanks just > about half full (8 gallon ternaplates with 'Rain-proof' > cork-type gauges in the caps), both the left tank > (half full, remember) and the fuselage tank began > to 'blow bubbles' up the gauge tubes. Not solid fuel, > but just bubbles, like a kid blowing through his soda > straw. No other ill effects, the level remained normal > in the fuselage tank. > > This morning, when I went out to investigate, I checked > the cap vents. The right tank vent had taken in a very > accurate bug, whose remains blocked the vent up > solid. A bit of safety wire pushed the corpse out. > > Greg > > ================================================================== > TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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