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Subject: Re: water ingestion in rain and engine stoppage

I am using an RV air filter. When I don't use carb heat, air and rain  
is jammed into my carb air inlet. When I use carb heat, the normal air  
inlet is closed off and the air and rain have to go through the carb  
heat box before getting to the carb. This path should let less rain  
get through to the carb.

By the way, I drilled a hole in the bottom rear of my air filter so  
that water that is sitting there could leak out. I have flown in some  
pretty severe rain and not had a stoppage. I think that the drilled  
hole helps let the water out.

Lorn

> From: Walter Atkinson <walter@advancedpilot.com>
> Date: January 9, 2008 1:37:15 PM GMT-05:00
>
> OK, anybody have a plausible theory on how adding carb heat will  
> REMOVE the water? Just making it vapor makes it combustible???
>
> <vbg>
>
> Walter

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Lorn H. 'Feathers' Olsen, MAA, ASMEL, ASES, Comm, Inst
DynaComm, Corp., 248-345-0500, mailto:lorn@dynacomm.ws
LNC2, FB90/92, O-320-D1F, 1,300 hrs, N31161, Y47, SE Michigan