Fractured primer line
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:21 am
I found my primer line fractured at the point it leaves the gascolator.
The line wasn't particularly tight, in fact there was enough length to
re-terminate it, However, the fix would appear to be to replace the
line, and have a 360* loop above the gascolator. The leak was so slow
that I never noticed it, but after a couple of weeks without flying, 30
gallons of gas is missing from one wing tank and has gone through the
asphalt on my hangar floor. I gues the outcome could've been much
worse.
Al Hepburn
Elite C-FGAH
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The line wasn't particularly tight, in fact there was enough length to
re-terminate it, However, the fix would appear to be to replace the
line, and have a 360* loop above the gascolator. The leak was so slow
that I never noticed it, but after a couple of weeks without flying, 30
gallons of gas is missing from one wing tank and has gone through the
asphalt on my hangar floor. I gues the outcome could've been much
worse.
Al Hepburn
Elite C-FGAH
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