Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #55515
From: Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>
Subject: Leaking injectors?
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:23:10 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
I was installing a coolant overflow bottle today, working right next to the intake manifold.  Kept smelling gas.  Then I noticed a little puddle inside the little depression formed by a modification I just added.  The new fiberglass didn't have any paint on it, so that is why I could see through it.  There was maybe an ounce of gas floating around in the bottom of the manifold.

Could I have been running so rich during my test run that  an oz of gas was left on the manifold walls?  Or could it be that it dripped through a leaky injector, even though I shut down by switching off the fuel pump in order to relieve line pressure?

I know some others have had problems with leaky injectors.  Does anyone have an idea for making them not quite so leaky?
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