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Also Sprach :

At the bottom of the cup, concentrated in an area immediately to one
side of the lowest point on the concave surface, were scores of little
"craters". Something had been pitting and corroding the metal. When
held up to the light, it was immediately evident that the fitting had
failed entirely. There were two "pinholes" of daylight, and if the
canister had been in service on an engine, fuel would have been
spilling into the bilge through the openings.

I've had this happen to an aluminum carb float bowl... I'd attribute it
to a combination of dissimilar metals AND the presence of water
contamination, rather than dissimilar metals alone.

Dan

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