Peter,
Since your tank is yet to be installed, I expect that you will be
taking it somewhere for treatment. As one w/ an installed but yet to
be filled w/ fuel tank of similar vintage, I'm wondering about the
treatment you anticipate and how it is done...(?)...Is it something
which conceivable could be accomplished on an installed tank if the
fuselage were trailered to a facility which does this sort of thing?
I wouldn't expect the treatment would be offered at the neighborhood
"gaairage" (phonetic sp.? lol), but I've no idea what type of facility
does this sort of work...do you live near a factory which supplies the
auto industry?
Please keep us posted on this,
Fred
On Dec 12, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Peter Zutrauen wrote:
> thanks all for the info/links. Looks like mine *should* have been
> done, but since I still don't know to what level, I decided to go
> get it done again, this time to automotive level standards.
>
> Based upon the softness of the tank material, I presume it is LDPE.
>
> Cheers & thx,
> Pete
> A239, building finally starting in earnest.
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Jan de Jong <jan_de_jong@casema.nl>
> wrote:
>
> Introduction of fluorination was in April 1997:
> http://www.sarangan.org/www/mhonarc/mharc/html//europa-list/1997-08/msg00096.html
>
> I have assumed that my tank from the year 2000 was treated and did
> not repeat it. In any case any spilt epoxy bonds to it extremely
> well (as well as to itself) - which is supposed to be a side effect
> of fluorination.
>
> Jan de Jong
>
>
> craig bastin wrote:
> my kit is from 2000 as well, and i asked the factory (before the
> merger) back in 2008 if my tank fell into the post non fluorinated
> time frame, and they
> responded this after i indicated the desire to purchase a new
> fluorinated tank. so based on what i was told i would believe yours
> should be ok. If its not
> much cost involved the second treatment would probably be a good
> investment.
> regards
> craig
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]*On Behalf Of
> *Peter Zutrauen
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 11, 2010 4:43 AM
> *To:* europa-list@matronics.com
> *Subject:* Europa-List: Europa fuel tank - LDPE or HDPE?
>
> Would anyone know which it is? (I think I had heard LDPE)
>
> I am asking because I am about to spend some money getting my
> still uninstalled tank Fluorinated or Re-Fluorinated - since I
> cannot be sure to what level it was done by the Europa factory (if
> it was done at all back in 2000) and I wish to avoid the swelling
> and cracking problems some are seeing in service.
>
> I am choosing to Fluorinate to the same level (AL) as the auto
> industry (by Fluoro-Seal International LP)
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Pete
> A239
> Ottawa Canada
>
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