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Be sure you don't drink any alcohol first! From the way this
conversation has been going, it sounds like alcohol is more hazardous than
water.
Bob Saville
Sydney Cohen wrote:
Actually, I might pee in Dennis's tanks.
Syd
Bob Saville wrote:
I might let Syd refuel my plane, but I'd still reinstall the caps. ;-)
Bob
dennis spiegel wrote:
Me too, I don't even let Syd fuel my plane. Old habit
I like to do it myself so I know the caps are on right
and the level of fuel is too.works for me Dennis 99564
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Me too Syd,
On the rare occassion that I need fuel away from
my home airport
where I burn mo-gas, I remove and reinstall the fuel
caps myself. Just a
habit. I do the same with my Motorcycle and my car
and pick-up. I've
lost several gas caps from cars and trucks because
they were not
properly installed. Luckily I never lost one from a
plane.
Bob Saville
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I never, ever, ever let anyone else remove or
replace my fuel caps. I
hold the cap in my hand while the lineperson is
fueling each tank, and
replace the cap after they are done.
Syd
Percy Wood wrote:
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At 10:29 PM 12/17/02 -0400, kathyw wrote:
.
The only time I had such an event was
because a "pop rivet" had
mistakenly been used to repair my right fuel
cap and failed. I had
just refueled and was 1/2 hr out when I noticed
my header tank
dropping. People accuse me of even carrying
the kitchen sink on
across our country flights, but this time a
small mirror alerted me
to the right tank's fuel syphoning overboard.
I diverted quickly
to an alternate 20 miles away and landed
without incident.
Fortuneately for me an ex-Ercoupe owner was the
mechanic, eagerly
repairing the cap correctly for "no cost", just
glad to help a
'Couper!
There actually are lessons here for all of
us. Upon refueling,
even if the FBO insists THEY must do the actual
fueling, you do NOT
have to allow them to remove or replace your
fuel caps, which is
why that "pop rivet" was probably used for
repair in the first
place, unbeknownst to me! Plus I then can
monitor the fuel tanks
volume during filling to 1" below the rim.
Ya know, Kathy, that about the same thing
happened to Opal and I
when we went to Terrell in 2001 for the EOC
nationals.
Got fuel at Grandville, last stop before Terrell.
`Bout half way up
the east side of the DFW Class B, I asked Opal
"Does
your headder tank usually ride so low?" "Nope."
So here we are, looking for Terrell as the fuel
indicator "Sinks
Slowely in the West." Or north, as we were
actually
headed. Terrell came up over the bow before the
indicator sunk
below it, so we made that one. Checked it all
out
thoroughly. Found the right cap had been
mis-installed. Continued
checkout with engine run and all was well. I
cussed
myself most thoroughly for missing that - it was
on my side of the
plane, after all.
After the meeting, we retraced our route.
Wheels off Terrell
tarmac as the sun came up. Fueled at Grandville
again. Same
guy pumping the gas. This time, I caught him.
He had the cap on
entirely backwards! Opal and I returned to
Roswell without
any incident. So Watch Them Caps, Guys!
Percy in Portland
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