Phil Cole
Veteran
Location: Redwood City CA
| I used to plug my vent, mainly to keep the smell inside the tank from getting inside the van, if you know what I mean. The plug would also stop the drips if I overfilled. I could never suck all the fuel out of the vent when defuelling at the end of the day.
Deodorised heating kero doesn't smell too much, and I lost the plug, so now I don't bother.
If I did forget to remove the vent plug, the usual result was the filler tube fitting would blow, spraying kerosene all over the place. So, I never had the experience of flying with a plugged vent.
I had only one vent with the fuel tank arrangement I had. With teed feedlines, I don't see why you can't tee the vents. If you are going to use Jet-A the smell might be enough to warrant plugging it up if other people share your ride. |
