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

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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?

I suppose the greater the mass, the greater the duration that mass will
remain below dew point for a given rise in ambient temperature.
In this neck of the woods, underground tanks produce condensate all summer
long thanks to the mass they are buried in.