I don't know all that's happening in the tanks but I do know two things:
1. All the plastic swarf from boring the holes, and it's a lot, stays in
there unless you have a big oval hole in the top and a vacuum cleaner
access. The charged particles of PE stick to the sides of the tank.
2. At least on the early tanks, of which I have an example, the
volatiles, mainly anti knock additives I believe, come off the fuel if it's
left standing for more than a few weeks. The resulting fuel makes at least
a car engine detonate very badly. Probably does the same for the 912 but
it's harder to hear. I know this because after soaking the tank in fuel for
expansion, I tried to use the fuel in my car - big mistake.
Dave Simpson
-----Original Message-----
From: David G. Watts <dg.watts@virgin.net>
Date: 23 September 1999 10:06
Subject: Re: Fuel tank cautions
>James Thursby wrote:
>Having said that, who knows what is happening in these plastic tanks??
>
>Dave Watts, G-BXDY
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