Harry: Per your comments:
>On a 415 Coupe, the fuel pump transfers fuel from the right tank to the cowl >tank, at just slightly more than the engine can use at full throttle. The >excess is drained back to the wing tank. I had the same problem. I could never track it down, because it came and then left. A couple of times per flight I would get a noticeable gas smell in the cockpit and the fuel gauge would go all the way to the top, but I never got a fuel leak. The mechanical stuff checked out good. I put this on the list when we, the list, was new and got the standard responses. However a very knowledgeable hero of mine Kim, said: You've got those @[EMAIL PROTECTED] rudder pedals. Use them. Make coordinated turns. :-) Well, guess what, he was right. I had a total of about 80 hours at that time and about 5 coupe hours. The coupe is so easy to fly with or without pedals. I was using the yoke only or the pedals not enough. Uncoordinated turns were allowing gas to build up in the tank. Thus when I leveled back out I got the gas smell. Mind you, never enough gas to run out of the vent. The gauge went all the way up, the smell came in and then, after I got my act together, drained back out. Try the mechanical stuff first. If you still have trouble and you got those @#$%# rudder pedals, try to use them. Jack 99069
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