View Single Post
  #8   Report Post  
posted to alt.sailing.asa
Bart Bart is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Sep 2006
Posts: 577
Default Water in your fuel?

On May 31, 5:49 am, "Scout" wrote:
"Bart" wrote in message

oups.com...



On May 30, 3:02 pm, Joe wrote:
On May 30, 1:30 pm, Bart wrote:


What are the three ways water can get into your fuel tank?


pumped on, condensation, faulty filler cap seal,


Joe


Everyone had good answers. I was researching this recently
and read an interesting discussion on condensation. The author
felt that condensation was extremely unlikely to occur, and
that this was a myth. I tend to agree with him.


I'd say pumped on, faulty filler cap, ingress via fill hose cap and
the vent hose. That assumes you have no hose leaks--which
would be pretty obvious.


Bart,
I'm not sure what would make an onboard tank less susceptible to
condensation than our 10,000 gallon surface diesel tanks, but they get
condensation all the time and we have to pump them out regularly.
Scout


Size is the big issue for condensation. Big and more volume,
is more likely to have condensation, right?