Re: Fuel Smell

[Tom & Cathy Friedland <tfriedland@home.com>]

OK!  I spoke too soon!  4 weeks was not enough.  Now at 5 weeks the hose is
swelling and definitely smelling of gas!  I think that this is a defect and
should be replaced by the factory to all who received it.

Tom A079

Jim Thursby wrote:

> Tom, We replaced the filler hoses in our demonstrators for that reason. ALL
> the hoses bled fuel vapors. For the filler I used a red-stripe fuel line
> used on fuel trucks. Got it at Amazon hose in Tampa, FL
>
>  Jim Thursby
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa@post.aviators.net
> Subject: Re: Fuel Smell
>
> Tom,
>
> I would suggest that smell originates from the hose from the tank to the
> firewall rather than the filler hose.
>
> Nigel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom & Cathy Friedland <tfriedland@home.com>
> Subject: Fuel Smell
>
> > There has been discussion of fuel smell in the cockpit due to the
> rubber
> > hose portion of the filler weeping due to porosity.  I put mogas in
> mine
> > and sealed both ends about a month ago.  There has been no weeping and
> > no smell.  My kit was A079 and delivered about December of 1998.  My
> > rubber hose has some markings on it if anyone is interested.
> >
> > Tom Friedland
> >
>
>