Thanks Kevin,
I went to run up again today, still didnt gurgle despite your advice, when I had a good reading on the dip stick I started. It was - 1 C !
No fuel leak this time so whatever it was it must have cleared.
Cheers Richard
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- Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:48 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Fuel leaking from carb when turning over 912 engine
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- Tue Jan 08, 2013 9:48 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Fuel leaking from carb when turning over 912 engine
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Fuel leaking from carb when turning over 912 engine
I went to run up the 912 engine in my Mainair Blade today and went through the usual "turning over till the gurgle". I noticed after a while, for it takes a very long time to gurgle, that fuel was dripping out of the port carb air filter as I turned the engine over. The choke was off and the throttl...