X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:07:44 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.156] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.10) with ESMTP id 3342008 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:36:28 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=72.14.220.156; envelope-from=doberme@gmail.com Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 22so880538fge.1 for ; Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:35:53 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=mHPdCP34q7CE/yI/2B7HttErVAiTH5FGyTjDTlAOffHzbRQzjWws6377NCroCailKD frqgicqgEME+KviBu8XzUenkt4h6Et5+WcgnHMzPg4OcIXd9tTWc8cQEm/6GVjeRQ7cm QOrtWyy0OXkyVEvgOhs4mguINrfRK4nKJ8UIs= Received: by 10.181.158.3 with SMTP id k3mr1282719bko.182.1228754152984; Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:35:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.181.154.19 with HTTP; Mon, 8 Dec 2008 08:35:52 -0800 (PST) X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 10:35:52 -0600 From: "Marvin Doberenz" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Fuel Tank vents MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_30350_4696440.1228754152985" ------=_Part_30350_4696440.1228754152985 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Dan, The mechanic at my hangar warned me of this possibility, so I followed his recommendation. Insert steel wool in a 4-6 inch piece of flex tubing and slip over the fuel vents at shut down. If you should forget to remove them during preflight, the steel wool still permits venting until the air loads remove the tubes in flight. I colored them red and haven't missed them yet. Marvin Doberenz LMC2 320 N425A ------=_Part_30350_4696440.1228754152985 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Dan,
 
The mechanic at my hangar warned me of this possibility, so I followed his recommendation.  Insert steel wool in a 4-6 inch piece of flex tubing and slip over the fuel vents at shut down.  If you should forget to remove them during preflight, the steel wool still permits venting until the air loads remove the tubes in flight.  I colored them red and haven't missed them yet.
 
Marvin Doberenz
LMC2 320  N425A ------=_Part_30350_4696440.1228754152985--