On May 31, 4:49 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.
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Yelp I disagree too.

My fuel tanks are in an area cool, yet they are vented. Lots of air
exchange from hot to cool with warm air touching the cool insides of
the tank and condensation will form and drip, not much but it happens.
A rocking motion will increase the breathing motion and air exchange.
It's no big deal that is what water seperators are for. I get a
tablespoon or so of water for most 24 hrs using the generator and
main.

Joe