In mid 2009 I used about 50gal worth of regular gas with 10% ethanol, before shutting down the
airplane for installing the rotary engine. When I started fueling the airplane this week for the
first ground run with the single rotor, every fuel system part I did not replace leaked. The parts
were drain valves in both tanks and the fuel shut off valve. Earlier, I also found deteriorated fuel
cap seals, resulting in new fuel caps. Now every seal and hose in the fuel system is new. All that
after flying for 9 years with ethanol free gas without a leaking problem.
It turns out that it is the same pattern I have been encountering on my yard equipment every spring.
There is always some non metal part in the carbs that need to be replaced.
I am fortunate to have found a gas station about 30Mi from here selling ethanol free regular. There
seems to be a tendency that gas stations are switching to premium gas ethanol free. If you want
ethanol free gas you have to pay more.
FWIW.
Richard Sohn
N2071U
www.fairpoint.net/~res12/home.html
I had a leaking O ring around one injector.
Paul Lamar
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