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Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:04:51 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net ([204.127.202.55] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 2941066 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:44:46 -0500 Received: from steve (c-67-166-133-229.client.comcast.net[67.166.133.229]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with SMTP id <2004012100444601100l12are>; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 00:44:46 +0000 From: "the colwells" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: RE: [LML] Re: water X-Original-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:46:42 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: <000701c3dfb8$0a33cf90$e585a643@steve> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0008_01C3DF74.FC108F90" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C3DF74.FC108F90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Plan on having water in your tanks! I had 900+ hours on the RV6 with no water in the system after washing and occasional overnight tie down with rain. Then, last AirVenture with several rains during the week, we had a little water in one tank. After much shaking and sloshing we got a little more. At the first fuel stop we had over an inch of water in the fuel sampler from the gascolator and more from the one wing tank. Another consideration is water that passes from the tank to a low spot in the fuel lines. Since water is heavier than fuel it will accumulate in that low spot unless you find a way to drain it. I opened the drain valve on the gascolator and ran about 10 oz of gas on the ramp with the boost pump and got a few more water beads. Steve Colwell Legacy ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C3DF74.FC108F90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

Plan on having water in your tanks! I = had 900+=20 hours on the RV6 with no water in the system after washing and = occasional=20 overnight tie down with rain. Then, last AirVenture with several = rains=20 during the week, we had a little water in one tank.  After = much=20 shaking and sloshing we got a little more. At the first fuel = stop we had=20 over an inch of water in the fuel sampler from the gascolator and more = from=20 the one wing tank.

Another consideration is water that passes = from the=20 tank to a low spot in the fuel lines. Since water is heavier = than fuel=20 it will accumulate in that low spot unless you find a way to = drain=20 it. I opened the drain valve on the gascolator and ran = about 10 oz=20 of gas on the ramp with the boost pump and got a few more water=20 beads.

Steve Colwell  =20 Legacy

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