"Bill Gough" wrote in message ...
: On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 14:41:11 +0100, "brian clode"
: wrote:
:
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: I have been told that you should not do it but Can anyone explain why you
: should not put diesel fuel in a galvanised fuel tank. What happens?
: Brian
:
: The diesel dissolves the galvanized coating and the resulting sludge
: gums everything up.

Just did a google search on zinc diesel fuel tanks - and waded through
a bunch of stuff - yer right - http://www.bp.com.au/fuelnews/ADF1402.pdf
talks about long term diesel storage, and sez zinc destabilizes diesel, and so,
apparently, does copper. So much for copper fuel lines and brass connections.

Dave