Sorry Jeff, not trying to degrade your Knowledge or the owners qualifications at all. I am sure you will find this a problem of one- Low levels of Ethanol unobserved, Two- poor quality construction IE pin holes or delamination of the glass. We are working on a Bonanza that never burned auto fuel at any time, that is leaking in several places because of pin holes and delamination. Sorry, la...@lebanair.com
-----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of jscott.pi...@juno.com Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 8:09 PM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: Re: KR> Update from the archives - Polyester fuel tanks This forum never ceases to amaze me. I can observe the damage first hand, interview the owner and report exactly what he has told me knowing that he takes at least ordinary diligence in his fuel testing, do the repairs in my shop, and post what should be some useful information to the group. Yet there is always somebody out there that will tell me I don't know what I'm looking at or that the owner doesn't know what he's doing. It often times makes me wonder why I bother to post anything to this forum. Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:17:55 -0800 "Larry Knox" <la...@lebanair.com> writes: > Mogas (Clear 92 Octane Unleaded) does not hurt any type of Glass or Poly > tanks. We carry and sell Mogas at the rate of several thousand Gal a Month. > The people that burn it have every kind of handmade tank you can use and > have never had a problem of any kind. The problem is ethanol whether you > knew you had it or not. I have used it and stored it for 15 years in glass > tanks in my spray business before we purchased this FBO 3 years ago and > installed it here. We have never had a problem except one tank used by an > associate that had ethanol in it for less than a month. > la...@lebanair.com > Jeff wrote: > > I thought I would write an update to this discussion we had in early October > regarding polyester fuel tanks. Especially since I referenced the polyester > tip tanks in the Cherokee 235 and Cherokee 6 aircraft as proof of success > using polyester resin for fuel tanks. This week I have a Cherokee 235 in my > shop and am rebuilding the tip tanks. The owner bought the Peterson Autogas > STC 5 years ago and has been running Mogas in the these tanks for the last 5 > years. The owner also states that he has carefully tested for alcohol every > time he has purchased mogas to use in his plane, so these tanks have never > been exposed to alcohol. ____________________________________________________________ Save $10 on Flowers and Gifts! Shop now at www.ftd.com/16714 http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=33bUx63VUSUV8X00b1lamQAAJ1A9mk 8a0luj1TJO2sh3zRLgAAIAAAAUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVBAAAAABodHRwOi 8vd3d3LmZ0ZC5jb20vMTY3MTQ= _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
