REFLECTOR: Uneven Fuel Flow

[aminetech at bluefrog.com]

I have vents for each tank and had problems with mud daubers.  I filled my vent ends with strucutral adhesive and drilled a 1/16" hole.  No more problems.

John

--- fred at holohil.com wrote:

From: Fred Anderka <fred at holohil.com>
To: "reflector at tvbf.org" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Uneven Fuel Flow
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:40:01 -0400

One of the items on the pre-flight checklist should be to check the fuel vent line for obstruction.  There is a species of mud dauber wasp that lays its eggs in 1/4" - 3/8" openings inserts a paralyzed caterpillar and then seals the end with mud.  Really plays hell with the fuel flow and does not show up until you have used a few gallons of fuel and you may run into fuel starvation.  There are covers available for vent lines with a flag attached similar to pitot covers.  If you store your bird for any length of time try to protect any small opening from these pesky wasps.

Fred
C-GHOL, XL-RG
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