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Good morning Folks! I recently had an occurrence that could stand some discussion. While installing the transducer for a fuel totalizer, all the fuel was drained from my header tank. the transducer was installed at the output of the gascolater mounted on a simple bracket; now mind you, this is an Alon with the gascolator mounted on the firewall, slightly above the input to the carburetor. the gascolator glass was still full, and fuel was added to the header tank upon the completion of the installation. I was in a hurry to taxi the airplane back to the hangar, so I started it up, called for taxi clearance, and began to taxi. I got about half way across the main North/South runway when the engine quit! I rolled off the runway edge, past the hold short line, and sat there for a second. I attempted a re-start and it started right up, ran for about a minute and a half and shut down again. My newly installed fuel totalizer indicated NO fuel flow. This phenomenon was repeatable ad infinitum. I could start it up, ran for a minute and a half, shut down, wait 30 seconds and repeat. The mechanic and I both agreed that and air bubble existed somewhere in the fuel line between the gascolator, and the carb. This proved to be true, we bled the line and air did escape, followed by fuel flow. After bleeding, all ops are normal with .7 gph showing at 800 rpm, and 1.1 gph fuel flow at 1000 RPM. The Scenario:: Fuel stop, refuel, top off airplane tanks, empty pilots tanks, jump back in airplane ready to fly. Taxi out, on the way down the taxiway the engine stops! OOps, we forgot to open the header tank fuel valve. open the valve, re-start, do our runup, and take off. Here we are Nose High, making full power, 350 up and over the trees at the end of the runway, and the engine STOPS! Is this what is happening to some of our Coupers? Let me know. D. Wayne Woollard -- Mr. D. Wayne Woollard, CPBE AIM: DWWoollard ICQ: 124132836 "Why fly a Spam can when you can have fun and fly an Ercoupe?" ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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