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Re: Fuel system questions

Subject: Re: Fuel system questions
From: Fred Fillinger <fillinger@ameritech.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 16:03:44
Miles McCallum wrote:
> 
> This was attributed to water
> > entering the fuel system via the tank vents in the roof and occasioned (as
> > a Factory modification) the addition of small holes in the rear vent tubes
> > to let water out again.
> 
> These holes are, I believe, to let the system breath when the tubes become
> blocked with ice....
> M

The best fix is the rule here which says a single tank requires
redundant vents.  It was simple for me to run another one from the
mounting flange on my fuel quantity sender to the outside world.  A
critical system with a single point of failure is not the best state
of affairs!

Regards,
Fred F.


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