Return-Path: Received: from imo-d05.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.37]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 09:28:31 -0400 Received: from N295VV@aol.com by imo-d05.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v27.10.) id k.d3.6d56a36 (7041) for ; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 09:34:36 -0400 (EDT) From: N295VV@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 09:34:36 EDT Subject: Re: tiny leaks in my wing tanks To: lancair.list@olsusa.com X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> If you know where the fuel is appearing, try this: Run your gas tanks until they contain only a few gallons of gas. Put a slight vacuum on the fuel bay--caution, no electrical vacuum pumps! Get some Hexane and spray some onto the area where you suspect the fuel is appearing from--hexane is essentially oil-free gasoline, and will prepare the surface around the hole to accept the epoxy from the next step--the hexane will dry from the cleaned area in a matter of seconds. Do not use methylene chloride--when it gets into the gas tank, it will corrode your cylinder walls! Hexane is simply almost 100 octane fuel. Make up some fairly free-flowing epoxy mix, and place into the area where you have cleaned the hole with hexane, allowing the vacuum to suck the epoxy into the hole. When you think this has happened, remove the vacuum, and let the epoxy harden. If the hole is large, you may want to thicken the epoxy with micro, or use a more sticky type. David Jones >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>