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Bill, I'm far from the most techncial person in this forum, and I'm sure that as folks come to terms with their holiday shopping more will chime in :) The left and right tanks should cross feed, so I'm thinking you may have gunk in the lines. I pretty much never see the float indicator on the header drop; I generally prefer not to run the wings dry. That way, if I see the header drop, I know my pump has died. Welcome to the 'Coupers! Leslie Holbrook Alon A2 N161LH (Flying Colors #1) Chester, CT 3B9 >From: "Bill Herridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Bill Herridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] fuel useage >Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 07:53:36 -0600 > >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any >advice in this forum.]---- > > >I'm sure this has been addressed many times in the past, but I am >relatively new >to the 'Coupe fraternity, being a former Comanche driver who came in from >the >cold. > >At the start of a cross-country flight last weekend, all three tanks were >topped off. >The left wing depleted quickly, then the float indicator in the header tank >began >to drop. At the end of the flight, the left tank was empty and the header >tank was >almost empty, but the right tank was full. > >I understand that the little fuel pump transports fuel to the header tank >as needed, >then gravity takes it from there to the gascolator. Any excess is pumped >as >overflow from the header to the right wing tank, from which fuel is pumped >as needed >when the left tank is empty and the header fuel level begins to drop. That >didn't >appear to be happening. > >Any ideas here? Can someone provide a definitive description of how the >fuel system >should work, and what the float indications should be as fuel burn >progresses? > >Thanks, > >Bill Herridge >N99790 >Gatesville, Texas > >========================================================================= ====To >leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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