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It sounds more like the cross feed is clogged than anything else if the fuel pump was bad you would not have pumped the one tank empty. Most of the cross feed lines that I have seen are 3/8 lines it is located under the floor boards near the spar. I would not try to take off one end and blow it out because if it is plugged you would never know and you would blow the plug if there is one back into the tank. Take the line out and then blow in it with your mouth and watching the other end for any thing that might come out. The fittings in the tanks in most cases also have finger strainers in them and they need to be removed and checked. Don't try to clean any line unless you take both ends off so you will be able to tell if indeed it is the bad one. Fuel system on the coupes have caused a bunch of problems and mostly because the pilot doesn't pay attention to the header indicator lucky that you do. Dick & Nancy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Herridge <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 5:53 AM Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] fuel useage ----[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 ========================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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