using mogas
Thanks guys.
I sort of vaguely remember a thread about the smell but smuggly paid no
attention because MY PLANE doesn't smell unlike other people's planes. How
wrong I was!
Anyway on another note I have a Colombian homemade turbo on my 912. It
doesn't have a TCU. I was wondering about detonation. The chap who
installed it said that nobody as far as he knew had the issue provided they
used AVGAS (in Colombia mogas is "variable" quality) and indeed the only
plane that I know of which did have a serious detonation in Colombia was a
912S. It broke a piston - high compression with poor quality mogas was
the verdict.
Does anyone with a 914 have an airbox temperature sensor and if so has it
ever gone above 88C?
Will
William Daniell
LONGPORT
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On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 1:28 PM Pete Zut <peterz@zutrasoft.com> wrote:
> Sounds like you're on the money. I also still have some smell after
> replacing with solid + barricade, likely via the PTFE (underflouranated
> tank) - Although doing the sniff test, my filler coupling rubber hoses
> (with the alum elbow) appear to be contributing as well.
>
> FWIW, my still not information kit's tank (which was flouronated at the
> factory) I had re-flouronated by the same industrial folks in Atlanta who
> do the fuel tanks for the auto industry, shampoo bottles etc etc. After
> the tank was done to their "automotive" level/standard, it's surface has
> become significantly/markedly "frosted" in texture. So there should be
> some improvement over the factor tanks - I can hope at least :-)
>
> Cheers,
> PeteZ
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 11:29 AM Erich Trombley <erichdtrombley@juno.com>
> wrote:
>
>> erichdtrombley@juno.com>
>>
>> Will,
>>
>> I use mogas almost exclusively and have lived with the smell for 20
>> years. While it has been discussed on this forum that it is the hoses
>> that are the culprit, I wonder if it isn=99t the PE fuel tank that
is
>> emitting the majority of the smell. I say that because, I have mostly
>> aluminum fuel lines in my plane. Yes, the transitions from the tank
>> fittings and the fuel pump/filter assembly are hose, but that=99s
about it.
>>
>> I fuel the plane with 5 gallon PE fuel cans, filling them up at the loca
l
>> station on the way to the airport. It is surprising how much odor an
>> =9Cempty=9D fuel can emits while briefly stored in the car e
nroute to the fuel
>> station. I remind my wife of this fact when she smells fuel after open
ing
>> up the canopy. She always ask if we have a fuel leak in the plane!
>>
>> Erich
>> N28ET Classic Mono 914
>>
>>
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