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From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Help, intermittent fuel leak ((Solved!!))
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:01:05 -0400
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Glad to hear you found the problem, Bernie.  I agree - after having two 
experiences with aircraft and fire, that one in the air is the last thing I 
want to even contemplate.   I would be very interested in your 
thoughts/efforts  regarding a firewall fire system.  Just seems like a 
difficult thing to put a fire out with fuel/oil/fiberglass etc and all that 
air flowing through/under the cowling.  Prevention is clearly the first line 
of defense.

Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WALTER B KERR" <jbker@juno.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 10:34 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Help, intermittent fuel leak ((Solved!!))


> Bernie K. wrote:
>
>> Right now, my   best guess it that there was a dry joint that
>> leaked. Had
>> not run engine in about 2 weeks.
>>
>> Bernie
> ============================================
> Think I resolved the leaking problem this morning.
>
> 1st I poured fuel on the floor to simulate the puddle had under the
> airplane and it was obvious that I had dumped much more fuel than the
> overflow line can hold. Looked like at least 3 cubic inches worth on the
> floor and calculated the total vent line volume to be half that much.
>
> 2nd , Clicked the fuel pump on and man it shot a large stream out of the
> first connection in the rail after the fuel filter. Upon inspection, the
> barb on the rail was not captured by the clamp. This occurred probably
> because when I pulled the engine to take to Bruce T's, it probably got
> pulled back off the barb. It maybe was never over the barb :>(  .  I will
> turn the pump on to confirm the wet theory, but am convinced that is the
> solution.
>
> How long has this condition gone unnoticed?? Yuk who knows?  The high
> pressure fuel lines with EFI systems scare me more than anything else in
> this installation. Believe that is why you see what seems to be so many
> mory vehicles burning along the highway compared to years gone by. Dead
> sticking an engine out is preferable every day of the week compared to an
> inflight fire. Considering thinking about a firewall fire system.
>
> OK Laura, Bernie used one of his "Cat lives"
>
> Bernie, hope to be flying again soon
>
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