X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from smtpauth07.mail.atl.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.67] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.2) with ESMTP id 963833 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 26 May 2005 05:59:01 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.67; envelope-from=Dastaten@earthlink.net Received: from [24.238.206.157] (helo=earthlink.net) by smtpauth07.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DbF84-0006tS-Bw for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 26 May 2005 05:58:16 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=simple; s=test1; d=earthlink.net; h=Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:X-Accept-Language:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=tDAI9t5kG62jhU2wkI4CBSAYDVPdy/P4SVGL/ebg8k3FYQU71KQEIwvFVeyZHVWP; Message-ID: <42959D23.102@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 04:55:47 -0500 From: David Staten User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] No fuel return for RX-8 six port References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 9a30bff84e6cb88f95c85d38d22416599ef193a6bfc3dd489a070be63b98e80fb377709fc13254ccb5548f7b21afc86f350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.238.206.157 This would not prevent a return system from being developed and installed. Unless you intend to put an RX 8 pump inside your sump tank...it might not be a bad idea to plan for one. Speaking of.. Anyone actually DOING in-tank fuel pumps. As popular as PL is around here, I gleaned from his list that having an in tank pump can help prevent vaporlock by not having to "SUCK" fuel. As long as the tank remains wet (or the fuel air mix too rich) it should be safe.. right? Something to consider... Dave BillDube@killacycle.com wrote: > There appears to be no fuel return for the RX-8. > > Looking at the fuel system diagram, I see no return line. I see no > return line on the engine. The manual says that the pressure regulator > is built into the fuel pump. In the diagram, the pump is in the tank. > > By the way. I bought both the paper engine overhaul manual and the CD > ROM general service manual on Ebay. The fellow that sold the CD for > $6.95 plus $3.99 s&h is: > > horsepowerengineering@hotmail.com > > HorsepowerEngineering > 506 1/2 Grier St. > Williamsport, Pa 17701 > > The engine overhaul manual came from > > maggiekr2004@yahoo.com > > for $20.45 plus $5.00 s&h > > Bill Dube > http://www.killacycle.com/Lights.htm > > > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >> >