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  • Ventus CM fuel tank removal and replacement

    From danlj@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 25 15:29:26 2022
    I had a fuel leak for a very long time that I could not figure out.
    I have now removed and replaced the fuel tank of my Ventus CM three times in the last 15 months, and feel like an expert in the matter. Contact me personally if you have interest. It is tedious but not actually difficult. The key, as Andrew Maddocks told
    me, is that after it is accessible and free (about 2 hours with 2 people), it must be rotated counter-clockwise, then rotated upside down while extracting it.
    DrDan

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  • From Dan Marotta@21:1/5 to danlj on Sat Nov 26 08:21:56 2022
    THREE leaking fuel tanks in 15 months? I would suggest that there is
    something else at play here as it's unlikely you'd get three faulty
    tanks from the factory in such a short time. Look at fuel lines and connections or are you damaging the tanks as you install them?

    Dan
    5J

    On 11/25/22 16:29, danlj wrote:
    I had a fuel leak for a very long time that I could not figure out.
    I have now removed and replaced the fuel tank of my Ventus CM three times in the last 15 months, and feel like an expert in the matter. Contact me personally if you have interest. It is tedious but not actually difficult. The key, as Andrew Maddocks
    told me, is that after it is accessible and free (about 2 hours with 2 people), it must be rotated counter-clockwise, then rotated upside down while extracting it.
    DrDan

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