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Old Jun 14, 2017 | 5:51 pm
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Originally Posted by LarryJ
My first thought was also that it was leaking out the fuel venting system. Could be a bad check valve that is allowing the fuel into the vent. Can also happen in warm weather as the fuel in a full tank warms and expands. It has to go somewhere so it ends up in the vents.
Thank you for chiming in.

Would there have been any indicator/alarm in the cockpit that this was happening?
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