[Vwdiesel] Fw: Fuel 101 --- ( the MICROBES ---nasty littlecrittters )

[James Hansen]

The fuel isn't the culprit.
The airspace above the fuel is.  As it cools, it inhales air... evening air
is warm and moist. The tank cools more, the dewpoint is reached, the
moisture condenses out of the air.  Daylight comes, warms the airspace, the
tank exhales.  Come evening, it is repeated.
Overall, you can get a lot of water out of the air.

One other way I have found is the filler neck on the A1's seems to rust in
the fender well at the top where mud and salt will sit and rust the metal
beneath.  I've seen more than one that has a few pinholes in this region...
drive in a rain or wash the car, you get a lot of water in a hurry.  Next
time you fill, or if you filled just before you washed, you blame the
service station. this is pretty common in the rust belt.
-James

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Shepherd <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk>
To: <LBaird119 at aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Fuel 101 --- ( the MICROBES ---nasty
littlecrittters )


> None of what any of you have said explains how a few areas have such high
> concentrations of water in the fuel.
> No water in refining process and where is diesel stored? In open air?
> Surely most bulk storage systems would be full with very little air.
Since
> when is diesel hygroscopic?
> What's it about Texas humidity that is  different to else where else? Do
> the NewOrleanians store the fuel under water?
> MTM
>
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