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You mean like a full tank? You know your Gas and Electric weld gas
pipes full of gas, that's only way they may repair a leak. It is possible to weld a full gasoline tank, too. But not me. God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O http://www.billhughes.com/ Matt Macchiarolo wrote: > > How about a real-world test, flip a lit match into the filler of a "full" > gas tank? > > During the SR-71 program, when the planes were parked, they would leak fuel > like a sieve, because the wing tanks weren't internally lined...the skin of > the aircraft was the tank, and the fuel leaked through the expansion joints. > At cruising speed, the expansion due to heat of the skin would close up the > joints. If memory serves, the fuel was JP-7. > > The engines used starting carts with Chevy or Buick big-block V8's to spin > the turbines up to starting speed. One day, one of the start cart engines > caught fire in the hangar, and a crewman simply broomed a big puddle of JP-7 > over to the engine to put the flames out. > > Try that with gasoline. |
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Carry a couple of packs of chewing gum on the trail ; that seals leaking
petrol tanks amazingly. Dave Milne, Scotland '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ "L.W. (ßill) Hughes III" > wrote in message ... > You mean like a full tank? You know your Gas and Electric weld gas > pipes full of gas, that's only way they may repair a leak. It is > possible to weld a full gasoline tank, too. But not me. > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O > http://www.billhughes.com/ |
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For leaks small enough for chewing gum, a bar of soap works about as well.... nothing I'd care to count on. A tube of Dow quickset and a clean tin can lid [as a patch] on the other hand can last years. Dave Milne proclaimed: > Carry a couple of packs of chewing gum on the trail ; that seals leaking > petrol tanks amazingly. > > Dave Milne, Scotland > '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ > > "L.W. (ßill) Hughes III" > wrote in message > ... > >> You mean like a full tank? You know your Gas and Electric weld gas >>pipes full of gas, that's only way they may repair a leak. It is >>possible to weld a full gasoline tank, too. But not me. >> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O http://www.billhughes.com/ > > > |
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