X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:59:16 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wind.imbris.com ([216.18.130.7] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.1) with ESMTPS id 835341 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:11:06 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.18.130.7; envelope-from=brent@regandesigns.com Received: from [192.168.1.100] (wireless-216-18-135-19.imbris.com [216.18.135.19]) (authenticated bits=0) by wind.imbris.com (8.12.11/8.12.11.S) with ESMTP id jAIGA7To013731 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:10:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brent@regandesigns.com) X-Original-Message-ID: <437DFCD9.1020907@regandesigns.com> X-Original-Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:10:01 -0800 From: Brent Regan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: Exhaust Leak Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------040504060707030307070406" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040504060707030307070406 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Skip writes: <<<> At high AOA the exhaust can attach to the belly, sounds like it may be getting in via the flap and aileron pushrod openings. Also remember that there isn't much exhaust gas IN the engine compartment, it should be concentrated aft of the exhaust outlets. Regards Brent Regan --------------040504060707030307070406 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Skip writes:

<<<<At low airspeeds or sometimes in the climb, I have a small amount of exhaust getting into my cabin. I can often smell it and occasionally it sets off my panel mounted CO detector until I deflate my door seal and ventilate the cabin for a couple of minutes. I've done my best to seal every place where control rods go outside the cabin and even went so far as to have a whole new exhaust made when we found leaks in the slip joints of the old one. I've also caulked every known hole in the firewall with high temp RTV.>>

At high AOA the exhaust can attach to the belly, sounds like it may be getting in via the flap and aileron pushrod openings. Also remember that there isn't much exhaust gas IN the engine compartment, it should be concentrated aft of the exhaust outlets.

Regards
Brent Regan
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