X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com ([64.233.162.201] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1093796 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 05 May 2006 19:39:48 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.233.162.201; envelope-from=wgeslick@gmail.com Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id q3so827518nzb for ; Fri, 05 May 2006 16:39:05 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=cWaOPNNI9pQepMRCWjErWuLJN/SscArgWUdSOzSNmkhiElqZn2Qew0dMd6hulBJBqriW1CT4Ujn2WnvW8SRCzimmZ3ohkoJpZEywRDVk3w63pR7Q/Q7/+/lKMmGvJy6THaHS4AG5Q6undMctJlFXheOSjJaMwqqaYwe8k/1Iwwg= Received: by 10.65.242.2 with SMTP id u2mr825967qbr; Fri, 05 May 2006 16:39:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.193.12 with HTTP; Fri, 5 May 2006 16:39:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3c14c5540605051639o7768b566o5a7298aef292258e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 18:39:04 -0500 From: "Bill Eslick" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Fuel system pressure bleed off In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_16201_32147741.1146872344588" References: ------=_Part_16201_32147741.1146872344588 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Call me crazy, but I have had no trouble with flooding since day one. That is probably because I always shut the engine down by turning off the fuel pump. The original engine I bought for education was declared inop by its previou= s owner. Turns out it was only flooded (due to leaky injectors). I read about the problem and the fix like y'all are doing, but killing the pressur= e at shutdown seemed simpler to me. -- Bill Eslick www.weslick.com On 5/4/06, Mark R Steitle wrote: > > Ben, > > I tapped the ID of a Tee fitting to accept the motorcycle carb jet. Then > I screwed the jet into the threaded hole with some Lock-tite to keep it i= n > place. > > > > Mark > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] *O= n > Behalf Of *Ben Schneider > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 03, 2006 6:23 PM > *To:* Rotary motors in aircraft > *Subject:* [FlyRotary] Fuel system pressure bleed off > > > > Group... > I am installing my fuel system on my Renesis right now. I seem to > remember (correct me if I am wrong) that the consensus was to use a .020 > orfice bypass of the regulator to bleed off the pressure in the event of > pump prime loss. > My question is, how exactly are some of you going about this? Are you > welding an AN fitting shut, then drilling it out to .020? Is there someth= ing > of this nature commercially available? Suggestions? I have only to run = the > fuel lines, then wire the engine, a few other little misc. items, and I > should be ready for first engine start. > > Ben Schneider N713R RV7 Renesis > ------=_Part_16201_32147741.1146872344588 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline
Call me crazy, but I have had no tr= ouble with flooding since day one.  That is probably because I always = shut the engine down by turning off the fuel pump.
 
The original engine I bought for ed= ucation was declared inop by its previous owner.  Turns out it was onl= y flooded (due to leaky injectors).  I read about the problem and the = fix like y'all are doing, but killing the pressure at shutdown seemed simpl= er to me.
 
--
Bill Eslick
www.weslick.com

 
On 5/4/06, M= ark R Steitle <mar= k.steitle@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

Ben,

I tapped the ID of a Tee fitting to= accept the motorcycle carb jet.  Then I screwed the jet into the thre= aded hole with some Lock-tite to keep it in place.

 

Mark

 




------=_Part_16201_32147741.1146872344588--