X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.28] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.13) with ESMTP id 3578362 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:40:28 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=74.125.44.28; envelope-from=wgeslick@gmail.com Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so1529301yxm.7 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:39:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=wAU5kAGkcNom5gmKzhQdDwTwlxCcTcbornvCorh71Fs=; b=nHuoDio1/nO66hEvdvCQFKT39DC9KRDhLxHnovjz9bltKuQFxjIlnYOc9kCpT/ANqG nvplAiTenk1oQGukCSzMH7hIbFU1j9wIiF7etMdiJel5VRjwIXn17wP0dXhFu5oF5E4v KpMHrgsEE6G5LS/yoAn9HFXf8jGsJUx6XkvEE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=a6p7YGN5ZgZSyBwUUy2HRXsPq3J3Pg87r+y0soZAe02zv6c5aWSfWSc/6GtyW6dUFW Hwq5vaYfKmASH/nIdBPvO9B5WnaQrzs4Vm8i3+i1macLq687qFpfZUYpZPkWrP4mhA27 354DaEudp6iqUCC12tpXYo3IN1EfISBWzl300= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.166.10 with SMTP id o10mr2074448ane.150.1239565191107; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:39:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:39:51 -0500 Message-ID: <3c14c5540904121239l4fdb88eeo5cdbaf908ccfccdd@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: fuel leak From: Bill Eslick To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6434aeae45d8f046760c228 --0016e6434aeae45d8f046760c228 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Ditto to what Tracy said. My cork gasket swelled and started leaking, so pulled the sender, re-installed with ProSeal, and no leaks the last few years. Bill Eslick* On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Tracy Crook wrote: > Happened to me the same way on the -4. I was able to seal it by carefully > cleaning around the sender bulkhead and applying Proseal externally around > the edges without removing the tank. That cork gasket is a bad idea. Used > Proseal on the -8 with no problems. > > Tracy > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Mike Wills wrote: > >> After having fuel in it since November of 2007 my right tank decided to >> start leaking for no good reason today. Leaking from the fuel level sender >> gasket. Cant even remember what I used to seal it with, but next time it >> gets Pro Seal. >> > --0016e6434aeae45d8f046760c228 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ditto to what Tracy said.=A0 My cork gasket swelled and started leaking,= so pulled the sender, re-installed with ProSeal, and no leaks the last few= years.

Bill Eslick


On Sat, Ap= r 11, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Tracy Crook <tracy@rotaryaviation.com> wrote:
Happened to me th= e same way on the -4.=A0 I was able to seal it by carefully cleaning around= the sender bulkhead and applying=A0 Proseal externally around the edges wi= thout removing the tank. =A0 That cork gasket is a bad idea.=A0 Used Prosea= l on the -8 with no problems.

Tracy

On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 10:25 P= M, Mike Wills <rv-4mike@cox.net> wrote:
After having fuel in it since November= of 2007 my=20 right tank decided to start leaking for no good reason today. Leaking from = the=20 fuel level sender gasket. Cant even remember what I used to seal it with, b= ut=20 next time it gets Pro Seal.

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