Stephen, Fill the wings and if the main take is empty fill it.....It will usually stay fairly full on its own... If you fill the main there is only a small standpipe that overflows fuel to the one wing tank.... As someone else said think of the wings as your mains and the fuse tank as the reserve...
Bob ________________________________ From: Pizzo Stephen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, September 6, 2010 5:24:19 PM Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: mechanical research [was re: fuel pump bolt tor que] 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...
