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03-21-2020, 05:22 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2020
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Fuel Drain Identification
Hi all, hoping you can help.
One of my fuel drains has developed a weep and so I hope to swap it out with a replacement identical one (so it matches the other side).
Trouble is I can?t seem to identify the make/model of it - can you help?
Picture in link...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19tE...w?usp=drivesdk
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03-21-2020, 06:42 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2017
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Interesting
Never saw one like that.. I’m curious where it’s from too! Interesting look to it. I wonder if it’s rebuildable.. like temporarily swap it out with a 1/8 npt pipe plug, then see what o-ring it takes. Another option is to swap both of them for the ones that belong there, then keep the good one as a spare.
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03-22-2020, 04:46 AM
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I believe they came from Andair. I bought mine at Oshkosh many years ago but ended up using a different type. Andair is located in the U.K.
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03-22-2020, 07:08 AM
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Location: North Alabama
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SamW
Hi all, hoping you can help.
One of my fuel drains has developed a weep and so I hope to swap it out with a replacement identical one (so it matches the other side).
Trouble is I can’t seem to identify the make/model of it - can you help?
Picture in link...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19tE...w?usp=drivesdk
Many thanks, Sam |
Welcome to VAF!
Here is the drain that is commonly found on RVs:
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catal...faircav110.php
They are inexpensive if you decide to install two new ones. The tanks do not need to be drained to swap out the valves.
Last edited by Sam Buchanan : 03-22-2020 at 07:12 AM.
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03-22-2020, 07:32 AM
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Do NOT overtorque those valves when installing, if so you run the risk of splitting the aluminum flange.
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03-23-2020, 04:30 AM
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Leaking?
Hey Sam. is yours leaking?
They say on the website "this drain valve will not corrode or leak."
Yours looks like it is in fact corroded...
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03-23-2020, 08:00 AM
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I think that's a residue from the fuel, not corrosion.
Perhaps if it were removed, cleaned (and the interior threads cleaned in the wing fitting), and reinstalled, it might not leak.
Dave
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03-23-2020, 11:00 AM
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CAV-110 also come in stainless --
a friend gave me a couple ---- look nice!
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