Who has NEVER had water in diesel fuel??
The purpose of this thread is to try and see just how many diesel owners have NEVER had this problem....If this is not you,,,there are plenty of other threads for you to choose from. I just did my ...
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Airstreamer67 wrote:
A while back I read a report from a guy who saw water running into a service station's fillup port during a heavy, flooding rainstorm. The station was being refilled with diesel from a tanker truck at the time, and the water was going in with the diesel. I guess the tanker's driver was in a hurry and couldn't wait until the flood stopped. Got a schedule to keep, you know.
That picture haunts me.
Fortunately, it doesn't happen often. But that's very thin gruel to serve for the victims.
I am fairly certain that was what it looked like, but not what was happening.
All the tanks I have seen have a metal cover. Like a small manhole cover. Under that is the actual cap for the tank. The tanker hose connects directly to that fitting. Water can drain into the area under the small manhole cover without entering the tank. It has a drain system that carries it away. But with the hose making a solid leak proof connection with the tank, no water etc. can enter it.
