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Here it is again. The call to remove my glass gascolator , which was NOT breaking over the 55 years. If you manage to have water freezing inside your gascolator, that will end your flight no matter if that gascolator is made from glass, metal or plastic. Your preflight should discover that. But now someone tell me how I detect frozen water in a metal gascolator ?? I think, being able to see the quality of the gasoline is adding a safety value to my preflight inspection, which I won't want to miss. To say it again. The gascolator is not necessary a fuel filter, it is the lowest point of all your fuel lines. It is designed to collect any water from your fuel system. And this especially when all the fuel comes to rest and your plane stands still for a week or two . Without the gascolator, this water would collect in your Carburetor. One more thing. I love my Coupe, because several things on it are special , different than other planes. If someone has the desire to have everything like the other planes then he/she should go and buy a Cessna. Hartmut 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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