Fuel Line setup for A mintor 170

[Ron Van Putte]

On Feb 22, 2004, at 9:09 PM, Jerry Budd wrote:

> What I do is loop the fuel pickup line from the tank outside the 
> fuselage through a couple of vinyl grommets (Radio Shack has a package 
> of various sizes grommets for $0.99).  Once outside I break the line 
> with a fuel filter and then route back inside to the fuel pump.  I 
> disconnect the tubing on the fuel tank side of the filter to refuel.  
> I've used this setup on both OS-140's and Webra 145/160's with no 
> problems.

I do basically the same as Jerry, but since I have been using a YS 
1.40L, I have a parallel set of fuel lines coming out, with a check 
valve in that line outside the fuselage.  The other line goes to the 
tank overflow.  When I want to fill the tank, I disconnect the second 
line to 'bleed' the tank pressure, then I fill the tank through the 
line that goes to the filter.  The overflow comes out the other line.  
Everything is visible and it's easy to service the filter and check 
valve.

Ron Van Putte

>> Well to let you all know the mintor is running beautiful.  I have 
>> about 3/4 of a gallon through it now.  One thing I did was instead of 
>> pulling the fuel line off of the pump and filling the tank on the 
>> test stand I put in a T and fuel dot.  However when filling I soon 
>> found that not only did the tank start filling but the engine was 
>> getting flooded.  I have seen where people run the fuel line outside 
>> the airplane off of 2 fittings.  Would this be a better solution?  I 
>> know the YS DZ guys have the same problem.  What is everyone else 
>> doing besides using a pair of hemostats?
>> Thank You
>>
>> Michael Laggis
>> AKA Moose Boy
>> NSRCA 3618
>> <http://www.alaskarc.org>http://www.alaskarc.org
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