Fuel Leak

[Jeffery Poblocki]

I keep getting what ithink is a fuel leak in the left tank. my fuel in the left tank goes down faster than anything else (lear jet 45). How do i
detect a fue leak and how do i fix it?? Do I have to declare an emergency?? This is kinda frustrating after 7 hours of flying my plane
crashed. is there any place that tells you how to fix all the failures and how many / what are tehy all.

[walterp]

Yes you do declare an emergency with a fuel leak and land at the nearest suitable airport .
I dont know about the Learjet - never fly it - but have you got a cross feed set up so it is only using the left tank?

[DanSteph]

You have always the same failure at each flight ?
perhaps your renamed the "manual_failure.bak" to "manual_failure.cfg" ?

Dan

[lightrail]

Maybe you have cross-feed set to one tank - check it is set to both or off.

I did this on a 737 and realised my mistake just before the engines ran out of fuel.

[Ryanamur]

Jeffery Poblocki wrote:
How do i detect a fue leak and how do i fix it??

Could have a fuel leak if the fuel from one tank goes down faster then the others OR if the fuel from all tanks goes down faster then it's
supposed to (especially if you have a cross-feed ON).

How do you fix it: you can't when you're in flight

My advise:
1- Declare an emergency
2- Switch cross-feed OFF
3- Use the fuel from the bad tank first (since you're losing fuel, this could save you a few minutes of fuel that might be crucial at landing to
prevent a flameout)
4- BEFORE the bad tank runs out, switch to the good tank
5- LAND NOW

ABOVE ALL, Don't Panic, fly the aircraft and land the airplane at the nearest capable airport.



Post Edited ( 08-10-05 23:14 )

[Jeffery Poblocki]

Okay I have the lear jet 45 how do i turn off cross feed????

[lightrail]

Crossfeed should be on your overhead panel - try near the engine start switches.

[SaVas]

Does this failure allow you to fly again without repairing it? Could be the reason it keeps happening.

[Ryanamur]

Never happened to me but I would think not. If it's recuring, go to your config folder and delete the manual_failure.cfg file if there is one
there.

Phil