Return-Path: Received: from relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.182.167] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c1) with ESMTP id 744822 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:47:21 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.133.182.167; envelope-from=canarder@frontiernet.net Received: from filter08.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter08.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.183.75]) by relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8718E35833D for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:46:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (67-137-75-55.dsl2.cok.tn.frontiernet.net [67.137.75.55]) by relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCF5C358337 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:46:34 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <42165420.4050303@frontiernet.net> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:46:24 -0600 From: Jim Sower User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040514 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Water in the fuel References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0507-4, 02/18/2005), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20040701 (2.0) at filter08.roc.ny.frontiernet.net You'd best run it at substantial power for a good long time ... Jim S. daveleonard@cox.net wrote: >Heresy it it, but before I go to my lynching I think I would like to try a little magic. Next time I get the chance, I am going to POUR one full cup of water into my gas tank. I will let it set overnight. Then I will attempt to start the engine without draining the fuel. If my magic works, the engine will start an run just fine after a few seconds of running the pump. If the test fails, I will put the drain plugs back in (and eat a crow). > >Dave Leonard > > > >>>I never drain my fuel. I even took out the drain plugs. >>> >>>JMHO, >>>Dave Leonard >>> >>> >>HERESY!! (but it does make sense - assuming you only have a little >>water; i.e. not a leaky gap cap!) I think I'll still check... >> >>Joe Hull >>Bellevue (Seattle), Washington >>Cozy MkIV #991 (working on Engine & Electrical & Finishing) >>http://www.maddyhome.com/canardpages/pages/JoeHull/index.html >> >> >> >> >> >>>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >>>> >>>> > > > > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >>> >>> > > > >