Okay, After some closer inspection it appears the fuel may be coming
out of the side of the tunnel area about 4 inches from the bottom of
the tank right where I bonded a nylon tab with the old re-dux during
the build to hold a cable. Is it possible that could have weakened the
tank in that spot and it's taken a few years for it to come thru.
Graham... maybe there was something in the molding of the tank like you
said that created a spot leak.
I will check it tomorrow with about 5 psi of air pressure and some soap
water on the spot, but here is a question.
If it is a spot leak and I can patch it what would be the best patch to
use?
Any thoughts would be appreciated. I don't want to gut her if I don't
have to!!!! ;o((
Jeff R.
A258 - N128LJ / Gold Rush 191 hours and climbing slowly.
On Jul 13, 2009, at 5:52 PM, Jeff B wrote:
>
> Dude! What a drag! And I thought I had problems with instrumentation
> and Auto Pilots. WOW! Ok, gut her and get her fixed. You got about
> nine weeks...
>
> Jeff - Baby Blue
>
> JEFF ROBERTS wrote:
>> We'll after seeing my fuel run onto the floor today after I added 5
>> gallons I started to search for a leak. I'm now becoming painfully
>> aware of the fact that it looks like my tank has ruptured somewhere.
>> It's looking like around where the tank was glassed onto the cockpit
>> module in the port rear inside portion of the tunnel. I can't
>> remember where the seams of the tank are but there must be one back
>> there. Has anyone else experienced this leak there?
>> I remember some talk of someone making an aluminum version. Has that
>> been done anywhere that one might buy a duplicate?
>> Looks like some major surgery coming up. :o(
>> If anyone has a tank in the states I may be interested.
>> Jeff R.
>> A258 - N128LJ / Gold Rush 191 hours and now going to be down for
>> surgery.
>> size=2 color="#000000" face="courier new,courier">
>> href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Europa-List";>http://
>> www.matronics.com/Navigator?Europa-List
>> href="http://www.matronics.com/contribution";>http://
>> www.matronics.com/contribution
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --
>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>
>
|