X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:49:49 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from nm6-vm1.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com ([98.138.91.71] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.0) with SMTP id 5051398 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:46:28 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=98.138.91.71; envelope-from=casey.gary@yahoo.com Received: from [98.138.90.55] by nm6.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Jul 2011 10:45:53 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.168] by tm8.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Jul 2011 10:45:53 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1024.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Jul 2011 10:45:53 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 322614.36469.bm@omp1024.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 10666 invoked by uid 60001); 14 Jul 2011 10:45:53 -0000 DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=xXDYpK3+TwyVowsWhWZshUnIJ7GhHIIkWCwaDVatCrzNCCdfbW0x/QmZTkgsqLmDhsIru3liL7tNdYgy8jY1uhXHqeNtnvezEkWTxrToe06R1eVmG1dGF6PgnhoSO40shrXQjdF5sSHXUTfJjZZXGI2ytTn+Jhxr/65U/6w28Ec=; X-YMail-OSG: NkeCkLsVM1kQwMcNHefqFiVL5hL8kfhq.cFqANSNtjypIBe GlzzQfSdsPjM3RlDvUYwxYod9GJrNYsoMnEMghDT9OG2z1Ti7OPtWC8ZlGm9 AirpBjEyPBgTGnRvCmOHND7ubB5ZIZ7kD2EeZGTaOoB_biQK61RpB2rciew3 A_HJXntQ0qkNbbwhw1Nw7GY3dz4.TawJTxSnSiyF8QZXq2wMgEUUJcUCp9dg CrpuyKIlYnU2QjX.TyUxVvT6IDLM_OCL6KlGKtfHM38SdD1t5k.Ocv01L15B SxZJUevYsMqG5QzSihnAs0aavRltMUlIAvnU7W3vCHAOjg3ADN6X__CxK6hZ y3zFDkDm_DxBYzEuxXmLdP6laCvM- Received: from [69.209.207.96] by web125607.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:45:53 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.112.307740 References: X-Original-Message-ID: <1310640353.6372.YahooMailNeo@web125607.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> X-Original-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:45:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Casey Reply-To: Gary Casey Subject: Re: Fuel smell in cockpit X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-287096867-1310640353=:6372" --0-287096867-1310640353=:6372 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Another anecdote to justify Ron G's comment:=A0 I had a Cardinal and I smel= led fuel only on final with the gear down.=A0 I inspected all the fittings = and found nothing.=A0 There was no blue stain anywhere.=A0 But then I notic= ed that the engine, which had always leaked oil, was cleaner than normal.= =A0 Hmm....=A0 I finally turned on the fuel pump and started pressurizing t= he fuel system by pushing in the mixture.=A0 If I bent the flex line to the= fuel pressue sensor - bingo.=A0 It must have been leaking a lot to wash ou= t the engine compartment that well!=A0 Yikes :-(.=A0 The flex line to the f= uel pressure sensor is dead-headed, so no fuel flows in that line and=A0the= trapped fuel=A0eventually turns to "sour gas".=A0 That line is usually the= first to go.=0AFYI=0AGary Casey=0A=A0=0AEveryone else can learn that if yo= u smell fuel in the cockpit, it should be investigated even at the expense = of interior removal and downtime. Thanks Ron.=0A=0APaul=0ACalgary=0A=0AOn 2= 011-07-13, at 2:54 PM, Ron Galbraith wrote:=0A=0AYou should NEVER smell fue= l in the cockpit at any time. --0-287096867-1310640353=:6372 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Another anecdo= te to justify Ron G's comment:  I had a Cardinal and I smelled fuel on= ly on final with the gear down.  I inspected all the fittings and foun= d nothing.  There was no blue stain anywhere.  But then I noticed= that the engine, which had always leaked oil, was cleaner than normal.&nbs= p; Hmm....  I finally turned on the fuel pump and started pressurizing= the fuel system by pushing in the mixture.  If I bent the flex line t= o the fuel pressue sensor - bingo.  It must have been leaking a lot to= wash out the engine compartment that well!  Yikes :-(.  The flex= line to the fuel pressure sensor is dead-headed, so no fuel flows in that = line and the trapped fuel eventually turns to "sour gas".  T= hat line is usually the first to go.
FYI
Gary Casey
 
Everyone else ca= n learn that if you smell fuel in the cockpit, it should be investigated ev= en at the expense of interior removal and downtime. Thanks Ron.
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Paul
Calgary
On 2011-07-13, at 2:54 PM= , Ron Galbraith wrote:

You should NEVER smell fuel in the cockpit at an= y time.
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