Water in fuel

[Donald Watson]

Good topic for conversation Bill. I hoped that you understood that most of
what I was saying was with 'tongue-in-cheek'. The last couple of decades
have found me working with marine instrumentation. Add salt air and water
to the mix with systems somewhat similar to vintage Wanderlodges and you can
imagine the potential issues. My 76 FC is old enough not to have some of
these later 'bell & whistles' and I've yet to find a primary fuel filter on
my bus, a piece of gear I consider mandatory. I'm most familiar with Racor
and I assume that a 500 series would fit the bill although I better check
flow rates.

In all honesty, there's merit in knowing if any sensor is operating or not.
I don't like having a piece of gear that either doesn't work or I don't
trust.

Donn
76 FC33
South Kingstown, RI


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Donn,

Sorry to stir things up, But I would not recommend putting water into
the fuel tank, I was trying to decide, if these two sensors on some
Birds have value. They mostly give intermittent false alarms.
There are two sensors screwed into the main fuel tank. One for water
and the other for low fuel. If one drains some fuel occationally
and never lets the fuel tank below 1/4 , there seems to be not a lot
of value to these addition, BB over kill sensors.
And Yep, you are correct when draining fuel it is best with the least
amount of fuel in the tank. It is suprising the pressure when
removing a fuel tank plug with a high volume of fuel in the tank.

Bill 88 FC Michigan




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