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« on: October 09, 2010, 08:29:59 PM »
Hi folks,
Just thought Id share with everyone the "fun" I had flying today...
Long story short, I had an old fitting that was welded on my right hand side exhaust break off in flight,then the exhaust began dumping exhaust fumes into the cowling. Well in about 2 mins, I was nearly useless in the cockpit due to the CO! I dont really know where the fumes were entering the the cockpit, but double check to make sure your firewall is COMPLETELY sealed up!
The fitting broke off, and went through the prop, luckily causing minimal damage, I didnt even notice anything when it happened in flight!
Today was the closest I have ever come to crashing my eze,, all due to some silly little issue.. As I write this, Im still a bit sick from the CO..
I'll try and post some pics of the damage.
-Tom