X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1093818 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 05 May 2006 19:57:44 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.64; envelope-from=atlasyts@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm56aec.bellsouth.net ([65.11.50.61]) by imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060505235701.CHDF29545.imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm56aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Fri, 5 May 2006 19:57:01 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.100] (really [65.11.50.61]) by ibm56aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060505235700.GZEC19804.ibm56aec.bellsouth.net@[192.168.0.100]> for ; Fri, 5 May 2006 19:57:00 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Bulent Aliev Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Fuel system pressure bleed off Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 19:57:11 -0400 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) Bill's back! We didn't know what to think when you unsubscribed without explanation. Thought you joined the Lycoming list :) Did you get any damage from the storms? Buly On May 5, 2006, at 7:39 PM, Bill Eslick wrote: > 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 > previous 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 pressure 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 in place. > > > Mark > > > From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto: > flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On 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 something 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 > > > > Buly http://tinyurl.com/dcy36