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Beautiful WX this week in Ohio, so Thursday after work I'm going to hangar. I check the right wing sump and then the left. Wait, what's this blue stain and tiny drip? I look on the floor but don't see anything so I take my Gats jar and poke the pin in like I've done a thousand times. Take my sample and then all hell breaks loose: it won't reseal. Uh oh!
My sample jar is filling quickly as I frantically tried to get the flow of expensive blue stuff to stop. No such luck. But now I know why pilots frequently keep a couple of 5 gallon gas cans and a length of tube in their hangars - fortunately I found one (actually 2) of them to assist! I plugged a length of hose and sat there babysitting for hours as the 15 gallons drained into the cans - slowly.
Fortunately, my mechanic returned my phone call and looked up the P/N for me. I confirmed the part on A/C Spruce matched what was stamped on the drain and placed an order - for 2 of them. But I'm grounded until some day next week. Sure wish I had thought to do that last month during annual.
My sample jar is filling quickly as I frantically tried to get the flow of expensive blue stuff to stop. No such luck. But now I know why pilots frequently keep a couple of 5 gallon gas cans and a length of tube in their hangars - fortunately I found one (actually 2) of them to assist! I plugged a length of hose and sat there babysitting for hours as the 15 gallons drained into the cans - slowly.
Fortunately, my mechanic returned my phone call and looked up the P/N for me. I confirmed the part on A/C Spruce matched what was stamped on the drain and placed an order - for 2 of them. But I'm grounded until some day next week. Sure wish I had thought to do that last month during annual.