It is amazing how nasty auto fuel smells compared to 100LL. I can dribble
fuel down my wrist while preflighting the 152, and the smell goes away in a
few minutes after the fuel evaporates. Conversely, if I dribble a bit of
fuel on my hands while filling the Lawn-Boy, my hands will stink for the
rest of the afternoon.
This fuel smell issue is critical to me, as my wife can't tolerate that
smell very well (and I really don't like it either). If we end up with a
plane that perpetually smells like a gas station, it will very quickly be up
for sale! The ability to run on auto gas was a key issue in making us
choose a Rotax powered A/C, and I really love the design overall.
Otherwise, I'd be building an RV-6, and burn 9 gph of 100LL and make lots of
noise.
Chris
A159
Tom & Cathy Friedland wrote:
> A few weeks ago I posted a couple messages about the gasoline smell
> passing through the supplied fuel filler hose. I was surprised to find
> that there was little interest in this problem. John Hurst at Lakeland
> responded as said to forward it to Andy directly if I wanted his
> response. I did that but have not received any reply.
>
> The problem: It has been reported that the hose was porous and that the
> smell would transverse the wall thickness. I plugged both ends of my
> piece with auto gas inside. In a few weeks the smell was so bad I had
> to remove it from a large garage space. I cannot imagine what the
> effect would be in a Europa cockpit! After emptying it and now 2 weeks
> later, it still stinks just as bad.
>
> Jim Thursby suggested red stripe marine fuel hose but the manufacturer
> states that it can be use for fuel transfer but cannot have fuel present
> all of the time as the fuel will dissolve the hose!
>
> I read somewhere NACA fuel filler hose will work. I obtained some, put
> the gas in and sealed the ends. Now, only about 2 weeks later, there
> is a small but definite fuel odor on the hose.
>
> Is this a problem only for those using Yankee auto gas? It is a big
> problem for me. Anyone else?
>
> Andy, can you please provide a solution?
>
> Tom Friedland A079 XS Mono J3300 N96V
>
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