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1. 07:26 AM - Snot valve spring and air valves (Valerie Walker)
2. 07:40 AM - Re: Snot valve spring and air valves (A. Dennis Savarese)
3. 07:54 AM - Re: Snot valve spring and air valves (cjpilot710@aol.com)
4. 10:21 AM - snot valve (Jerry Painter)
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| Subject: | Snot valve spring and air valves |
Hi guys,
Need I confirm that both Dennis and Doc are correct again in saying that
a weak spring on the snot valve is not the prime suspect in a persistent
air pressure problem? This happened to me last Fall when I couldn't get
the gear up after takeoff. When I got "Chang" back to the hanger for a
post flight inspection, I noticed that the spring was weak and the snot
valve appeared to be rotated to the open position. I also noticed a
faint hissing sound on the firewall. After applying soapy water, I
traced the bubbles to a leaky t-fitting valve. The male fitting was
old and pitted, and the female wasn't faring much better. ( Getting old
stinks, doesn't it?) After removing it and opening it up, I found an
unusual rust colored pellet the size of a BB. (Talk about a Sherlock
Holmes Whodunnitt). . . This led to worrying and the discovery of rust
in my beautiful new stainless steel water separator. Which led to the
discovery of rust in my main air tank. Needless to say, I have a brand
new air tank from Doug Sapp, I blew out all of the air lines, replaced
the valves, and oh, does anyone know where I can get a new spring for
the snot valve?
- Val
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| Subject: | Re: Snot valve spring and air valves |
Val,
You can do your spring shopping on-line at McMaster-Carr;
http://www.mcmaster.com/. Type in the search block, "stainless steel
spring" and you'll find all kinds of SS springs.
Dennis
----- Original Message -----
From: Valerie Walker
To: yak-list@matronics.com
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 9:25 AM
Subject: Yak-List: Snot valve spring and air valves
Hi guys,
Need I confirm that both Dennis and Doc are correct again in saying
that a weak spring on the snot valve is not the prime suspect in a
persistent air pressure problem? This happened to me last Fall when I
couldn't get the gear up after takeoff. When I got "Chang" back to the
hanger for a post flight inspection, I noticed that the spring was weak
and the snot valve appeared to be rotated to the open position. I also
noticed a faint hissing sound on the firewall. After applying soapy
water, I traced the bubbles to a leaky t-fitting valve. The male
fitting was old and pitted, and the female wasn't faring much better. (
Getting old stinks, doesn't it?) After removing it and opening it up, I
found an unusual rust colored pellet the size of a BB. (Talk about a
Sherlock Holmes Whodunnitt). . . This led to worrying and the
discovery of rust in my beautiful new stainless steel water separator.
Which led to the discovery of rust in my main air tank. Needless to
say, I have a brand new air tank from Doug Sapp, I blew out all of the
air lines, replaced the valves, and oh, does anyone know where I can get
a new spring for the snot valve?
- Val
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| Subject: | Re: Snot valve spring and air valves |
In a message dated 5/13/2007 10:42:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dsavarese@elmore.rr.com writes:
OR, you can go to your local "Aircraft Components Enterprise" (AKA ACE)
hardware store, and find a matching stainless steel spring from their selection
box.
Pappy
Val,
You can do your spring shopping on-line at McMaster-Carr;
_http://www.mcmaster.com/_ (http://www.mcmaster.com/) . Type in the search block, "stainless
steel spring" and you'll find all kinds of SS springs.
Dennis
----- Original Message -----
From: _Valerie Walker_ (mailto:Valkyre1@comcast.net)
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 9:25 AM
Subject: Yak-List: Snot valve spring and air valves
Hi guys,
Need I confirm that both Dennis and Doc are correct again in saying that a
weak spring on the snot valve is not the prime suspect in a persistent air
pressure problem? This happened to me last Fall when I couldn't get the gear
up
after takeoff. When I got "Chang" back to the hanger for a post flight
inspection, I noticed that the spring was weak and the snot valve appeared to
be
rotated to the open position. I also noticed a faint hissing sound on the
firewall. After applying soapy water, I traced the bubbles to a leaky
t-fitting valve. The male fitting was old and pitted, and the female wasn't
faring
much better. ( Getting old stinks, doesn't it?) After removing it and
opening it up, I found an unusual rust colored pellet the size of a BB. (Talk
about a Sherlock Holmes Whodunnitt). . . This led to worrying and the
discovery of rust in my beautiful new stainless steel water separator. Which
led
to the discovery of rust in my main air tank. Needless to say, I have a
brand new air tank from Doug Sapp, I blew out all of the air lines, replaced the
valves, and oh, does anyone know where I can get a new spring for the snot
valve?
- Val
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Roger, that , guys. As those of us with snot valve manual (I.e., in-flig
ht)
releases know, blowing off the snot valve or using it to relieve the pump
does NOT deplete the reservoir unless the downstream one-way valve has
failed.
Jerry Painter
Wild Blue Aviation
425-876-0865
JP@FlyWBA.com
www.htttp://FlyWBA.com
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