Hey Ben: I think no one has yet answered your original question
directly. In military aviation the terms seep and leak are quite
different. A "leak" from any of the critical systems is a automatic
grounding condition, i.e. repair before next flight. Leak is defined
as any measurable timed drip from a component. A seep, on the other
hand, is of course as you described; no drip, only moistness. This
condition is deferred till the next regularly scheduled maintenance of
the system. You can imagine there is sometimes a difference of
opinion between the pilot and the maintenance chief on the use of the
two terms when the pilot makes out his post flight maintenance sheet!
In the way of mechanical things, drips never become seeps but seeps
almost always become....... Regards, Larry
of leaks is the jet head. In some cases,
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <BobMGT@aol.com>
> To: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 8:39 PM
> Subject: Is this a leak or not?
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> > The bottom of the jets on my TD's carbs are always wet with gas.
The back
> one
> > is just wet. If you touch your finger to it, then smell your
finger; it
> > smells like gas. The front one usually has a half drop of gas at
the
> bottom
> > that never grows large enough to drip off. (I've left the pump on
and
> watched
> > the carbs for quit a while and never observed an actual drip.) The
carbs
> have
> > brand new cork jet seals. Is this amount of leakage normal?
> >
> > Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
> > EMAIL - BOBMGT@AOL.COM
> > 52 MGTD - under DIY restoration NEMGTR #11470
> > 71 MGB - AMGBA #96-12029, NAMGBR #7-3336
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