I?m working on the fuel lines in the forward cabin and have a couple of questions.
1) I can?t find anywhere in the plans where the fuel line penetrates the firewall. Is it engine specific? I am using an AP boost pump not Van?s fuel pump. In the plans it looks like the fuel line goes from Van?s pump to an area where the Gascolator will be. Does the Gascolator attach to the firewall like the brake reservoir?
2) I?ve had trouble with the fuel lines that go from the valve to the wing tanks and so have decided to go with the Aeroquip hose. Am I right to assume that the fire sleeve is only required in firewall forward applications? It seems to me that if there is a fire in the cabin hot enough to burn through the fuel line I?ll be dead by then anyway.
Bill Rambo
RV-7A
1) I can?t find anywhere in the plans where the fuel line penetrates the firewall. Is it engine specific? I am using an AP boost pump not Van?s fuel pump. In the plans it looks like the fuel line goes from Van?s pump to an area where the Gascolator will be. Does the Gascolator attach to the firewall like the brake reservoir?
2) I?ve had trouble with the fuel lines that go from the valve to the wing tanks and so have decided to go with the Aeroquip hose. Am I right to assume that the fire sleeve is only required in firewall forward applications? It seems to me that if there is a fire in the cabin hot enough to burn through the fuel line I?ll be dead by then anyway.
Bill Rambo
RV-7A