John,
This reminds me that I had a smell of petrol in my cockpit when parked
in the hangar. I eventually noticed that there was a fuel tank leak.
Recently I sealed it. I will see if the smell has disappeared.
Perhaps there is a leak in your fuel tank in a place above the fuel
level when parked but below the fuel level when taking off and climbing.
It is not clear to me if your Europa is a monowheel, a tailwheel or a
nosewheel version. Perhaps you could check if there are leaks in the
fuel tank at a place which would be above the fuel level when parked but
below when taking off and climbing.
Good luck with this.
George
On 12/05/2015 09:03, Europa-List Digest Server wrote:
> Subject: Europa-List: Smell of petrol in the cocpit just after takeoff
> From: "JohnFrance" <77alembert@gmail.com>
>
>
> Hi All,
> During a flight yesterday I had a fairly strong smell of petrol in the cabin
just
> after take off and while in the climb, it lasted about 2 minutes.
>
> I recently removed the drip trays from under the carbs on the advice of
> several
> people. Their view was, it's better to have a few drips catching fire than a
> bigger volume that has been heated up.
>
> One of the trays did have a horizontal ring around the inside like a tide
> mark.
> The float chambers of both carbs were cleaned and inspected as well as floats
and
> pins for wear. The floats are not part of the various duffer series so I must
> admit I didn't weigh them. Perhaps I should have!
> Upon reassembly I pressurized the system and was particularly attentive to the
> starboard one that had the "tide mark" inside the tray.
>
> I don't have any proof of the origin of the smell but I made the link to a
> recent
> change that I have carried out.
>
> If anyone has any ideas how I might trace the problem or curative measures I
would
> like to know?
> Best regards
> John
>
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