REFLECTOR: FUEL FEED

[Gary Stull]

In the past this has been caused by a fuel cap leaking. Since there's a vacuum on top of the wing, it causes that tank to have lower pressure and doesn't allow the fuel to drain from the tank. In some cases the fuel will transfer from the opposite tank because of the lower pressure.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Martino 
  To: reflector at tvbf.org 
  Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 2:53 PM
  Subject: REFLECTOR: FUEL FEED


  Well, now that I'm in my test flying mode ... I will really be asking a lot of questions.

   

  Here are some of them, as they relate to my fuel system:

   

  1.  What makes the fuel tanks feed unevenly to the header tank/engine?  (My right tank is feeding twice as fast as my right tank.)

   

  2.  Will that cause a problem when the fast-feeding tank runs out?

   

  3.  I used the larger vent lines for my tanks and tied them al together with a manifold, then vented the entire system out through the top of my firewall in the engine compartment (about four inches below my naca duct).  Do you think the system gets enough venting there?

   

  4.  Is there a need for a "whistle" hole in any of the tank vents ... for additional venting (like we do with the crankcase breather?

   

  Any help is appreciated from my more experienced Velocitologists J

   

   

  Tom

  N173EX 

  (A mere 6 hours)

   

   

   



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