Davin,
After flying with fuel smell off and on for three years (tight turns and
decent indused the odour), two weeks ago we put a concerted effort into
fixing the problem. We blew down the breather and then blanked it off
pressurising the system, head inside the cockpit and it stunk of fuel. It
turned out that the redux joint around the top of the filler tube (inside)
was not 100%. We re sealed it and today I took it for a good test. Best
flight ever - no fuel fumes at all.
T.
Original Message:
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From: david miller loboloda@execulink.com
Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 10:00:40 -0400
Subject: Re: AW: Europa-List: Fuel tank - bulges and leakage.
It looks as if the failure rate for the plastic tanks is less than
1%, I would imagine that
welded tanks will in time have their own share of problems.
Perhaps all that is required is for the factory to beef up the
existing design a little , and ensure that
the tanks are well flourinated.
I checked for fuel smells in the system by attaching a sniffer hose
to one side of my carbon
filter mask. Made for a good impression of an elephant, but I could
not find any trace of a leak.
I get a whiff of fuel while flying in turbulent air, seems to be
related to the tank venting onto the
fuselage, but I can't figure how it then finds its way into the cabin
- anyone have similar problems, or a
solution ?
Dave, C-FBZI
On 3-May-08, at 8:41 AM, UVTReith wrote:
>
>
> Europa Aircraft is offering a fuel sender as MOD 60.
> There are also a lot of other items they offer.
> It's always quite good to check their homepages www.europa-
> aircraft.biz
>
>
> Bruno Reith
> Europa Aircraft Germany
>
>
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