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Isn't that the damnedest thing. It happened to our Atomic 4 about 3 years
ago. We had no malfunction... just the smell and the danger. It's good
to talk about the little things
<p>Kindest Regards- Greg
<p>SwiftLaw@aol.com wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Warning.----
two weeks ago I wrote to this list about the intermittence of my A-4 as
I came through the Chicago River. After many good suggestions here,
I pulled the fuel tank and replaced it, found a new element for the water
separator and purged the fuel line and cleaned out the sediment bowl on
the fuel filter replaced the plugs with the hard to find coppers as suggested
in the manual.</font></font>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>The intermittence continued
although she idled great. On the test run I pulled several hard turns and
the engine spluttered. Back inside the engine again. I studied the engine
and found a gas drip that appeared to be coming from the bottom of the
sediment bowl on the fuel filter. Tried everything, grease the gasket replace
the gasket, ratchet down the thumb screw. By luck on my last pull of the
sediment bowl I took it outside and filled the bowl (made of Steel) with
gas. It had rotted right through the steel and there was a pin hole in
the metal causing gasoline to drip into the engine and bilge. When operating
in rough weather or in sharp turns the hole would emerge and suck air.
This condition is extremely dangerous and hard to recognize. All of you
with the earlier engine, please be aware that the metal can actually fail
from the water in the fuel line over the years. Thankfully I found it before
the inevitable explosion. Be Aware. my hull #222</font></font>
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<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Tom Swift</font></font></blockquote>
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