The Rotax 5 year rubber replacement program has good intentions and a solid past of problems of owners who failed to heed this requirement and its warnings to do the right thing and be safe. Can a hose last longer? Sure they can, but you don't know when it will fail and who you might injure when it does. The idea is to give you a safety margin to protect you, your passengers and the people on the ground.
Here is a video of a piece of fuel hose off a Rotax engine. The hose is 6.5 years old and was not altered in any way.
Change your hoses so you don't show up on America's Funniest Video show hanging upside down in a tree yelling for help out your window.
Video:
http://youtu.be/AdlKl9hSwHw
Rotax Rubber hose replacement and why it's needed
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Rotax Rubber hose replacement and why it's needed
Roger Lee
Tucson, Az.
LSRM-A, Rotax Instructor & Rotax IRC
(520) 574-1080 (Home) Try Home First.
(520) 349-7056 (Cell)
Tucson, Az.
LSRM-A, Rotax Instructor & Rotax IRC
(520) 574-1080 (Home) Try Home First.
(520) 349-7056 (Cell)
That's a very dramatic demonstration, Roger. My rubber replacement kit is all but in-hand (Art Tarola has it ready for me to pick up), so I will be doing the swap right after Sebring - it's due in February.
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Prof H Paul Shuch
PhD CFII DPE LSRM-A/GL/WS/PPC iRMT
AvSport LLC, KLHV
[email protected]
AvSport.org
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Fuel hose leak
That could just as easily be an oil hose leak. Fry one $20K engine.
Roger Lee
Tucson, Az.
LSRM-A, Rotax Instructor & Rotax IRC
(520) 574-1080 (Home) Try Home First.
(520) 349-7056 (Cell)
Tucson, Az.
LSRM-A, Rotax Instructor & Rotax IRC
(520) 574-1080 (Home) Try Home First.
(520) 349-7056 (Cell)