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 Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:57 am Post subject: Left\Right Fuel Systems? |
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ronlee
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:26 am Post subject: Re: Left\Right Fuel Systems? |
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I have snorkel tubes on each gas cap and they still feed uneven . My guess is that the one that produces the most pressure feeds the fastest. The only way to have even pressure on each tank is to have only one snorkel cap, the other non vented and have an equalizer tube between the tanks as some GA have. It is an issue as I really don't know when one or the other tank is completly empty so I can't use all my fuel safely. I don't have enough balls to test while in flight if fuel will still flow once one side is empty. I have actually had fuel transfer from one tank to fill the other one time when a fuel cap was left off one side. The side with the snorkel forced it to the tank with the cap off. I thought my fuel gages were going crazy as one gage was going up and the other down. I do have a valve to feed each side separate or both at once. I now always use only one side at a time so I know about where I am with fuel. The fact is I just don't have the guts to burn one side till I run out so I never know for sure how much is left when I switch to the other side. As I said, I do believe if there was an equalizer tube between the tanks they would feed even unless one tends to fly with one wing low.
Someone should be able to figure this problem out as it has been ongoing for a long time now, years actually.
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