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----- Original Message -----
From: "sqpilot@earthlink" <sqpilot@earthlink.net>
To: "flyrotary" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>; "ACRE NL"
<rotaryeng@earthlink.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 3:34 PM
Subject: problem solved
> Hi, fellow rotary enthusiasts.....Although my 13b engine was running very
> well with my wrap-over intake and TWM throttlebody, I still had the
annoying
> "aftershutdown drip" problem....seems the fuel coating the intakes slowly
> dripped back into the throttlebody (runs slightly downhill), and a few
drops
> would drip out past the two butterflies and out the throttlebody after
> shutdown. It didn't matter if I shut off the injectors or the fuel pumps
or
> the ignition first.....the problem persisted. It was only a few drops,
but
> it still annoyed me. I installed this K&N high-flow air cleaner, and
> nothing drips any more. Seems the few drops of fuel just gets absorbed by
> the washable air filter element, and nothing drips out of the air cleaner
> assembly. I tried several starts and re-starts, and there is no evidence
of
> fuel anywhere. I suspect that the few drops of fuel that are absorbed by
> the air cleaner element just slowly evaporate, because when I removed the
> air cleaner about 1/2 hour after shutdown, I could find no traces of fuel
> anywhere. Here are a couple of pictures of the installation. Any and all
> comments, as usual, are very welcome. Paul Conner, 13b powered SQ2000
> canard
>
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