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Fuel leak
by Gregory Hedgpeth » Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:04 pm
The fuel selector was on the right tank, though I noticed it was slightly past the detent. Could that cause the selector to leak? All evidence of leak seemed to be under the belly by the selector / strainer, blue stains. Nothing on the wing root.
It's a Comanche 250 with fairly new 5 year old bladders.
I changed the selector to the other tank, right on the detent, cleaned up the belly and noted the fuel levels of both tanks. Will see if I have any fuel smell or leak evidence tomorrow.
Thanks!
-Greg
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Re: Fuel leak
by Ed Asmus » Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:48 pm
By the way, your clean up job looked great. Keep going! 
) I know its a pain but years ago I made the effort to clean the belly from spinner to tail on both airplanes I fly which is a big job. Now I clean them after every flight or two and it takes 5 to 10 minutes tops. It's good for the airplane, looks way better, and makes issues that arise much more apparent!
Good luck and keep us posted on the results!
Ed
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Re: Fuel leak
by Kristin Winter » Tue Dec 30, 2014 1:18 am
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Re: Fuel leak
by Gregory Hedgpeth » Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:07 am
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Re: Fuel leak
by Kristin Winter » Tue Dec 30, 2014 5:48 am
BTW, welcome to ICS.
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