timberfix Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Hi all, need a bit of help with the fuel line of my first petrol engine model. The instructions say i need a fuel tee but after going to Als and Slough models, who say they dont sell them, im now at a loss as where to go. I just assumed it would be a standard part for a petrol fuel system that you would get anywhere. Can any experienced petrol engine user tell me where to get one please ? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorer Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 SLEC do some but i dont know if the are ok with petrol i am afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename-John Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 They are, I use one, I asked them first and they said yes they`re fine HERE near the bottom Edited By Codename-John on 18/08/2012 22:51:18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberfix Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 Excellent, thanks for that guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I bought some similar things from a shop selling tropical fish and aquariums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberfix Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 But did you buy them for a fish tank or a model ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cantwell Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 what do the destructions say use this T for, i run many petrols, and have never used them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberfix Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 The feed comes from the tank into the tee, then one tube goes to the fuel filler dot and the other goes through a filter then into the carb. Like i said petrol is new to me, so i can only go by the instructions, unless somebody can tell me a better way to do it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Powell 2 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 CARE! Yiu will need a different 'rubber' bung for the tank. The usual ones eventually dissolve with petrol. Dubro do one, I got mine from Hobbystores. Also, the usual fuel tube, silicone, falls apart with petrol. Use 'tygon' or similar I also got that from Hobbystores. Other than that, your fuel arrangement can be the same as you did with glow, except you dont use an exhaust pressure line but a vent. The vent pipe in the tank goes to the top, just as a glow pressure line does, the outlet goes to the bottom of the plane (otherwise the fuel will run out when inverted). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberfix Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 cheers mark, ive worked it out pretty much as you said and no need for the tee piece. Thanks for all the help chaps Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bran Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Now the main thrust of this is over, why is it that so many people over complicate systems? Not long back I bought a 50 size Heli. It had clamps everywhere, carb feed, exhaust to tank, tank to header. It also had a three pipe header, with a separate feed pipe. The heli has a built in frame pinch for the fuel to shut it off anyway!! It looked like an Italian restaurants scrapbin on a Sunday morning and was as easy and convenient to use as a pair of ice skates in the Sahara. Now, I already had two of these Helis, and I'd set up both of them with a two pipe header. To fill you have to take off something even if its a plug end, so I take off the pipe between the filter and the header and fill there with my manual filtered hand pump, easy, simple and foolproof. You cannot put fuel into the engine by mistake as the pipe is off! Both these Helis have run perfectly for years like that. SO.....................What on earth was the guy thinking when he plumbed that lot!! It was the same with the electrics. I re-routed the wiring in a proper loom fashion and "saved" no less than FOUR extensions!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Hello timber fix . Dont use the Tee in the fuel line ,its a recipe for problems like "If it can allow an air leak it will" ! petrol engines dislike air leaks in the fuel line just as much as other engines so run a seperate filler / drain tube to the tank and use a one piece fuel line to the carb .The second reason for not using the tee for filling is that if you manage to pump and dirt or foriegn matter into the tank the clunk filter will catch it then it will be sucked into the carb. Pumped carbs such as Walbro and Delorto are a nightmare to clean, so prevention is the better option . use a felt or Sintered bronze clunk to filter the fuel from you can and another in the tank to filter it again . E.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Powell 2 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 ED, I don't like filters in the tank because you have to remove and take the tank apart to clean it (I am always disappointed that when I have done that I have never found it to be dirty). So I put it in the fuel line outside. Gives another source of leaks, as you say, but a twist of soft copper wire prevents that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberfix Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 the tank came with a filtered clunk so im ok there, i just need one for the feed from the can and i should be good to go. Amazing what you can learn in a short space of time on hear. Cheers ED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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