X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.121] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.0) with ESMTP id 5040732 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:06:08 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=75.180.132.121; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Return-Path: X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=SOlsIBN44tkg4MqIq+y2aLZdhoA3kHpmiRsLue6rfnM= c=1 sm=0 a=0kjIlqWUhAMA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=rPkcCx1H5rrOSfN0dPC7kw==:17 a=ayC55rCoAAAA:8 a=Ia-xEzejAAAA:8 a=7g1VtSJxAAAA:8 a=laq63wjLNnGuOy-dRWQA:9 a=7gJ7C_W_by_xMdMBO9UA:7 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=Qa1je4BO31QA:10 a=EzXvWhQp4_cA:10 a=rPkcCx1H5rrOSfN0dPC7kw==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 174.110.167.5 Received: from [174.110.167.5] ([174.110.167.5:61906] helo=EdPC) by cdptpa-oedge01.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 09/DE-15242-C269F0E4; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:05:33 +0000 Message-ID: <6DA299FE96FE4F38A63AE3108F33352B@EdPC> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Leaking injectors? Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 18:04:53 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Well, it turns out the seal between the injector bottom half and the manifold was not all what it should be either {:>). My idle speed did come down after I fixed both leaks - but, if your injectors are sealed air tight in their boss then you can probably discount the upper "O" rings as a source. Ed -------------------------------------------------- From: "Ernest Christley" Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 5:47 PM To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Leaking injectors? > On 07/02/2011 07:32 AM, Ed Anderson wrote: >> Ernest, something you may want to check is the "rubber" "O" ring used to >> seal the top of the injector into the fuel rail. I had a leak that about >> drove me crazy finding it - because the fuel was at the bottom of the >> gravity well and I assumed it was leaking from the pintle end of the >> injector. Turned out it was the other end going up into the fuel rail. > So I don't go crazy (er), how did you find the leak, Ed. The fuel was on > the inside of the manifold? How could the fuel get from the top of the > injector to the inside of the manifold? > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html