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My coupe has a metal colator with a fuel drain on the bottom. Is the drain common on all metal colators in these coupes or is this something someone has added? The reason I bring this up is that with a drain, it is easy to check for debris or water when you open the cowl to check oil during preflight It's like draining the sumps on the tanks. Darwin Syd Cohen wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Actually, the mechanics and the Feds are now saying the metal gascolators are better than the glass ones because > the glass ones can break, especially if water inside freezes. A broken gascolator can end a flight very quickly. > > Syd > > Bob Saville wrote: > > > Because the Carb is the end of the fuel system. If you put it farther away from the carb there is a chance > > that some moisture or impurities could be passed on into the Carb. > > That's why your cars' Carb has a screen in the floatbowl (at the end of the fuel inlet line) even though > > there is a fuel filter somewhere in the fuel system prior to that. > > As for the 'lowest' point in the fuel system, water is heavier than gasoline and the water will settle in > > the lowest point, ie the bottom of the gascolator sediment bowl. That's why the glass ones are better, you can > > see if the fuel is clear or has 'sediment' in the bottom of the bowl. Only 'Superman' can see through the > > metal ones. But then, he doesn' fly an Ercoupe, he flies a 'cape'. ;-) > > > > Bob Saville > > > > Syd Cohen wrote: > > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > I don't see how being close to the carburetor makes it more efficient. Hanging out there and swinging like > > > a pendulum is dangerous. If the fitting broke while in flight you would have a huge problem. > > > > > > Syd > > > > > > Bob Saville wrote: > > > > > > > The gascolator should be the 'lowest' point in the fuel system, and as near as possible to the > > > > Carburetor. It's more efficieent that way. > > > > > > > > Bob Saville > > > > > > > > Syd Cohen wrote: > > > > > > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > > > > Greg, my mechanic is working on a 337 for putting the gascolator on the firewall, way below the muffler > > > > > so it wouldn't be affected by the heat of the muffler. The Fed who looked at his idea was puzzled at > > > > > the fact that the gascolator was not on the firewall in the first place, just as it is on all of the > > > > > other planes from that era. Does anyone on the list (maybe Ed Burkhead) have any idea why the > > > > > gascolator is hanging out in the air by the carburetor? > > > > > > > > > > Syd Cohen > > > > > > > > > > Greg Bullough wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > > > > > > I have obtained all four part numbers for the gascolator > > > > > > supports. It becomes clear that none of these will > > > > > > work, unmodified, on the Skyport O-200 STC. > > > > > > > > > > > > One wonders if the path of least resistance is to move > > > > > > the gascolator to the firewall. On the other hand, on > > > > > > the 415, the muffler is on the firewall, which might not be > > > > > > the best thing to have near the gascolator. > > > > > > > > > > > > Has anybody got an approved 337 or STC for such a > > > > > > change? > > > > > > > > > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================================== > > > > > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > > > > > > > ================================================================== > > > > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > > > ================================================================== > > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > ================================================================== > TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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