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"Bart" wrote in message
ups.com... 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? 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. |
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