Fuel Drip Containment

"karl gruber" wrote in message
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****There is only one vent, under the left wing*****

Not on my high wing Cessna. There are vents behind the struts for both
wings.

Karl
"Curator" N185KG

What model?

The 172S has the left tank vented behind the wing strut and right tank
vented to left tank.
The 172M has the left tank vented behind the wing strut and right tank
vented through the fuel cap.
Both according to the respective POH (and backed up by memory).

Of course, Cessna makes other models too, some of which aren't even 172's!

Eric

Eric Miller wrote:

Of course, Cessna makes other models too, some of which aren't even 172's!

And, in fact, the aircraft in the intital post of this thread is an elderly
182.

George Patterson
You can dress a hog in a tuxedo, but he still wants to roll in the mud.

Not an acceptable fix. Liquid fuel in an open container is not where I wanted
to go. I could just have used a bucket on the floor instead of taking a chance
on bending the vent with a quart (1½ #) of fuel hanging on the line.

But thanks for trying.



"Sven"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-Hi Jim,
-
- I have seen people hang an empty plastic oil bottle on the fuel vent to
-catch the dripping fuel on Cessnas. Have you tried this? It shouldn't be too
-much of a fire hazard and will save your hangar floor. Just make sure that
-you drain the bottle regularly because the angle it sits on the vent, it
-won't hold a whole quart of fuel. Using a GATT jar or some other filter, you
-can reuse the fuel.
-
-"Jim Weir" wrote in message
.. .
- Snarly Charlie, the 182, has the classic "Cessna drip" from the fuel vent
-when
- the tanks are filled and the hangar gets warm. I've tried everything I
-know to
- stop it, but all I can do with all the mechanical fixes is slow it down.
-

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

Sorry, no cigar. Putting a source of ignition (110 ac) in proximity to a fuel
source isn't where I wanted to be.

But thanks for trying.

Jim



"Montblack"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-("Jim Weir" wrote)
- Another thought is to put some sort of oven pan with a mat of some sort
-that
- would let the gasoline evaporate slowly from under the mat. The problem
-is
- finding a nonflammable mat that gasoline will not attack chemically.
-
-
-Pet store (or a garage sale) buy a lizard heating rock. $10.
-
-Put the flat rock UNDER, maybe a large brownie pan, and insulate around the
-rock.
-
-We used a 2" thick piece of rigid pink insulation and cut out the shape of
-the rock. Rock fit flush in the hole. Then we also put another piece of
-rigid pink UNDER the rock, So now the rock/insulation layer is sandwiched
-between a solid piece of 2" insulation on the bottom and the container on
-top.
-
-The rock should be upside-down in the insulation hole to mate up with the
-bottom of whatever you're using as a drip pan.
-
-Run a couple of bands of duct tape around the pink edges for that "finished"
-look and you're all set.
-
-For us it was an aquarium for the lizard (anole) brought home from school at
-the end of the year, by the 3rd grade niece. Kept that sucker alive for 2
-years.
-
-http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/w...iles/anole.htm
-
-You know, any small heating pad would work in this setup. I had a waterbed
-heater that I kept for years after the bed had been thrown away. Used the
-pad all the time. Gave the pad to my sister a while back, haven't seen it
-since.
-
-Or ...a can of yellow foam insulation is $2.95 - $3.95 ...and it's fun to
-play with. Wear latex gloves because that stuff turns your hands black,
-before it hardens.
-
-Whatever you choose, just separate the heating thing from the thermal mass
-pan thing.
-
-Good luck.

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

And the WRONG thing is to be dicking around trying to fuel an aircraft at
0-dark-30 in the morning.

But thanks for trying.

Jim



clare @ snyder.on .ca
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:


-The RIGHT way to solve the problem is to go flying!!!!

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

Yes, I thought I said that I could slow it down, but not stop it. As you can
see, others (ad infinitum, ad nauseum) will tell you the simple physics of
parking an airplane with the outside fuel vent downhill.

Jim


"C J Campbell"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-Don't fill your plane before putting it away?
-
-We turn the fuel valve off or turn it to left or right tank -- this seems to
-mitigate the problem considerably, though I am not sure why it does this.
-

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

Hm. I guess I could rotate the whole airport so that my hangar faces lefthand
UPHILL instead of downhill, but it is going to take a moby-large bulldozer to do
it.

Jim



-Keep in mind that the right tank is vented to the left tank, and the left
-tank is vented overboard, so if possible, it might help to make the right
-tank the lower one.
-
-Eric
-
-

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

"Eric Miller" wrote in message
...
| "karl gruber" wrote in message
| ...
| ****There is only one vent, under the left wing*****
|
| Not on my high wing Cessna. There are vents behind the struts for both
| wings.
|
| Karl
| "Curator" N185KG
|
| What model?
|

My 206 has vents on both sides.

In article ,
Jim Weir wrote:
Hm. I guess I could rotate the whole airport so that my hangar faces lefthand
UPHILL instead of downhill, but it is going to take a moby-large bulldozer to do
it.

How unlevel is it? Just make yourself a really shallow ramp (say by
ripping strips of 1/4" masonite and stacking/gluing them). Put that
on the hangar floor so that you roll onto it as you park.

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

Um, no. The wing, when one tire goes flat and the other is inflated normally,
comes within a quarter-inch of a 2x2 steel beam in the hangar roof. Another
quarter of an inch and I'll have a wing to replace some day. Not a good idea,
at least not for me.

Jim



(Ben Jackson)
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:


-How unlevel is it? Just make yourself a really shallow ramp (say by
-ripping strips of 1/4" masonite and stacking/gluing them). Put that
-on the hangar floor so that you roll onto it as you park.

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com