Thanks Bart. Your suggestion squares well with what I had read earlier. I guess the trick is knowing when to stop pumping fuel into the middle tank before you start fueling the wing tanks. As I understand this if you keep pumping into the main it will simply overflow into the wing tanks anyway. So a gallon or so in them main, then start fueling the wing tanks and leave an inch of space between the fuel and the cap. At least that's kinda what I'm getting out of this long thread. Thanks Steve
On Sep 7, 2010, at 9:12 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Proper sequence for refueling. If you burn all the fuel out of your wing > tanks and some out of your fuselage tank, always refuel your fuselage/header > tank first. Here's my story. > I landed in Tuscaloosa a couple of years ago for fuel. The wing tanks were > empty andI had burned about 20 minutes out of the header tank. I went inside > for a minute and when I returned, the line guy was refueling the header tank > and fuel was shooting out of the vents on both wing tanks. He had filled the > wing tanks first and as the header tank neared being full, fuel was draining > back down into the mains, which were full, and the excess was coming out of > the vents on the fuel caps. Looked like that statue of the little cherub > peeing. They gave me some credit for fuel lost but I had to wait around until > it was safe to start the airplane. > I recommend header first then mains for refueling. > Bart > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pizzo Stephen <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 9:57 am > Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Fuel system > > > Thanks Kevin. > > Steve > > On Sep 6, 2010, at 7:26 PM, Kevin wrote: > >> >> Steve, >> >> In practical use in my opinion the mains are the wing tanks and the header >> is a reserve tank. If all tanks were empty I would fill the wings and then >> the header but I don't really think it makes much difference although you >> need to leave some room in the wings in case you fill the header too much. >> In normal use I never have to fill the header because I never burn it down. >> I refill the wings every three hours and the header does not need filling. >> >> Kevin1 >> >> --- In [email protected], Pizzo Stephen <step...@...> wrote: >> > >> > Kevin, >> > Well, but the literature says to fill the main first then the wing tanks. >> > Why do you prefer your method instead? And aren't you "robbing' yourself >> > of those extra five gallons that would have gone into the main tank? >> > >> > Steve (the new guy) >> > >> > On Sep 6, 2010, at 5:52 PM, Kevin wrote: >> > >> > > I never put fuel in the header tank. I burn the mains and leave the >> > > header as reserve so it never need adding to. >> > > >> > > Kevin1 >> > > >> > > --- In [email protected], Pizzo Stephen <Stephen@> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > Okay, you asked for it. So here's a newby question if there ever was >> > > > one. The fuel system. I notice when I try to fill the nose tank that >> > > > it kept bubbling down when it looked full. I assume it's going into >> > > > the two wing tanks. Is this so? And if so, can I just fill the wing >> > > > tanks by continuing to add fuel to the nose tank? Also, as the plane >> > > > burns fuel, the only indicator I have is the float gauge outside the >> > > > window. How do I know when the wing tanks are empty? Or will they burn >> > > > first and then draw down the nose tank? >> > > > >> > > > So there, you see, a real beginner here with Ercoupes. My apologies >> > > > for asking such a basic question but..well hell, I gotta start >> > > > learning my way around this little deuce coupe. >> > > > >> > > > Steve >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > On Sep 6, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Donald wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > Well let me be one to welcome you also. This is one great bunch of >> > > > > guys, always willing to help each other. I had never even been up >> > > > > close to a coupe until I bought mine about a year ago, and now am >> > > > > fairly intelligent about them, thanks primarily to this board. We >> > > > > really are not a bunch of sue happy guys as you might imagine. >> > > > > Welcome aboard, and feel free to ask questions, this is the place >> > > > > for answers for sure. >> > > > >> > > > Stephen Pizzo >> > > > http://www.stephen.pizzo.com >> > > > http://www.newsforreal.com >> > > > >> > > > Curiosity killed the cat -- but for a while I was considered a >> > > > suspect... >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > Pizzo Stephen >> > step...@... >> > >> > Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one >> > living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say? >> > Kurt Vonnegut >> > >> > > Stephen Pizzo > http://www.stephen.pizzo.com > http://www.newsforreal.com > > Curiosity killed the cat -- but for a while I was considered a suspect... > > > Stephen P. Pizzo http://www.stephen.pizzo.com "You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing." - Sir Arnold Bax
