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And yea everyone.... our MOGAS fuel has up to 10% ethanol.

I dont remember which jeffcoat product we coated the inside of the 
strake tanks with..

Dave

Christopher Barber wrote:
> In my case it was the fine men of the Ellington Field/Johnson Space 
> Center Fire Department when the guys in the hangar next to me 
> (building a P51 replica with a V-12) smelled the a strong odor of 
> gasoline coming from my hangar and called the Fire Dept.  So the 
> hazmat guys responded and I got a early morning call from the 
> Airport.  They entered through main door in which they had a key and 
> soaked up leaking fuel. They were really great about it.  They called 
> and asked if I could be up there quickly so they didn't have to cut my 
> lock.  I got there in about 15 minutes.  They were all very friendly 
> and helpful and curious about the build.
>  
> So, best as I can tell, I have a leak in the right strake.  Damnit, I 
> pressure tested this thing a few years ago. I have had 10 gallons in 
> the plane for a while, however, yesterday I put about ten more gallons 
> of fuel in than I had before.  I thought I only had about fifteen 
> total gallons in the plane, after running it though the day, but I 
> drained out a total of about 25 today (I have been adding a bit at 
> various times as I was doing test runs).
>  
> When the field called I had assumed the leak was gonna be at the 
> aluminum line connections to the sump tank, but we could see a bit of 
> fuel steaming into the cabin at the apex of the right strake.  I could 
> not determine exactly where, of course.  SO, the engine development is 
> on hold 'till this latest little challenge is disposed with.  Damn 
> it.  Oh well, so it goes.......it could be worse, it could be raining. :-)
>  
> So, I am heading to the variously list archives to be reminded on the 
> best way to track this kind of thing down.  Any direction/shortcuts to 
> info y'all may add will be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
>  
> All the best,
>  
> Chris
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