I know when sampling fuel from aircraft tanks that we just fling the sampled
fuel into the air... maybe not the best practice, I know. But in American
waters, it's not just bad practice but is illegal to put fuel or oil into
the water. A clearly labeled small gas can is the place to dump fuel
samples. Don't ask me what to do with it when the sampling gas can is full,
nobody's ever come up with a solution for disposing of bad fuel (for
consumers) that I know of. At my place, we generally dump it along a fence
line during the dry summertime when it's very unlikely that ground water
exists to carry it anywhere. I don't imagine that leaving it open to
evaporate or burning it off is any better for the environment. May as well
kill some weeds.

Brian D



"Glenn A. Heslop" wrote in message
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I still don't understand...why should one have Petrol sloshing around the
bottom of one's boat? Do you simply drain water and impurities into your
bilge sir?

Glenn.

"Tony Brooks" wrote in message
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"Glenn A. Heslop" wrote in message
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Well...it seems that just because one draws off the water/contaminates
from
the bottom of the fuel filter bowl, doesn't mean that one should just
let
it
drain into the bilge. Draining it into a cup/bottle (i.e. that won't
'melt'
from the diesel fuel). Also, Diesel is significantly different from
Petrol/Gasoline...one can pretty much put out a cigarette in diesel
while
this is not very adviseable with gasoline.

Glenn.

"Tony Brooks" wrote in message
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If your filter/water separator has a drain plug on it, it should an
almost
daily routine to draw a sample to see how much water is in the bowl.
The
only think is that I do not think I would like petrol fumes sloshing
about
in the bottom of the boat, but I assume its open without sparks &
flames, so it is not as bad as in an enclosed boat.


--
Tony Brooks
www.TB-Training.co.uk


It never crossed my mind that anyone would be that stupid - note I said
petrol fumes, which people often seem to forget about - still I suppose
its
what you get with cross posting to several groups.


--
Tony Brooks
www.TB-Training.co.uk