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FAST FRED (209.26.87.107)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2001 - 3:40 pm: | |
With so many boards I hate duplicate posts , but for the new folks this might be a help.
There is ALWAYS some water in the best of fuel, and more gets added
when you go thru a temp change , with out a full fuel tank.
A drain would be great , as would a Navy style fuel tank that can
easily be bailed of any water or crap.
But this type tank is expensive to build so you won't see it on
a "cheap" $500,000 motor home.
The simplest way I know of being safe ,
is to purchase an oil change device for a boat.
This is a large plastic pump/tank about 6 in diameter and 2 ft tall.
Pumping puts the tank in suction and a flex tube is usually stuck
into the dipstick hole .
All you do is stick the pickup , with an extender if needed as close
to the bottom of the tank as you can get.
This will suck everything from the bottom of the tank , you can see
what your lifting , as the unit is clear plastic.
Worth doing every few years , the pumps are $50 or so , would be good
for a club tool.
IF you dont clean the tank , eventually you will get a load of fuel
with "bugs" in it.
The bactreia live on the interface between the fuel and water , and
eat the fuel.
This is no problem but the dead bugs and their waste products can
easily clog fuel filters.
FAST FRED |
Scott Whitney (63.151.69.220)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2001 - 9:16 pm: | |
Hi FF,
That is good advice about fuel tanks, thanks.
I also agree that multiple posts on the same or different BBs is a bit much. What seems to happen is that two disjointed conversations occur at the same time. Personally, since I browse several BBs a day, I don't like to take part in a conversation about the same question in more than one place at a time - as much as I like chatting about busses!
Scott |
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