using mogas
Sounds like you're on the money. I also still have some smell after
replacing with solid + barricade, likely via the PTFE (underflouranated
tank) - Although doing the sniff test, my filler coupling rubber hoses
(with the alum elbow) appear to be contributing as well.
FWIW, my still not information kit's tank (which was flouronated at the
factory) I had re-flouronated by the same industrial folks in Atlanta who
do the fuel tanks for the auto industry, shampoo bottles etc etc. After
the tank was done to their "automotive" level/standard, it's surface has
become significantly/markedly "frosted" in texture. So there should be
some improvement over the factor tanks - I can hope at least :-)
Cheers,
PeteZ
On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 11:29 AM Erich Trombley <erichdtrombley@juno.com>
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> Will,
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> I use mogas almost exclusively and have lived with the smell for 20
> years. While it has been discussed on this forum that it is the hoses
> that are the culprit, I wonder if it isn=99t the PE fuel tank that
is
> emitting the majority of the smell. I say that because, I have mostly
> aluminum fuel lines in my plane. Yes, the transitions from the tank
> fittings and the fuel pump/filter assembly are hose, but that=99s a
bout it.
>
> I fuel the plane with 5 gallon PE fuel cans, filling them up at the local
> station on the way to the airport. It is surprising how much odor an
> =9Cempty=9D fuel can emits while briefly stored in the car en
route to the fuel
> station. I remind my wife of this fact when she smells fuel after openi
ng
> up the canopy. She always ask if we have a fuel leak in the plane!
>
> Erich
> N28ET Classic Mono 914
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