From: Darrell Ramsell (daram@comcast.net)
Date: Sun Jul 25 2004 - 18:54:55 PDT
Gents
The fuel cap, strainer and neck to the gas tank on my Humvee has rust on it
& I'd like to replace the whole set with a new. Does anyone now where I can
get the best deal for a new set.
Thanks
Darrell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ida Heath" <spike@defuniak.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Fw: The smell of old Diesel
> It may very well evaporate over a long period of time but may not be in
our
> lifetime. I bought a diesel farm tractor that had been sitting in a barn
> for about twenty years and it was three quarters full of fuel. I started
it
> up and it ran fine.
>
> Sonny
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mel Miller <nourmahal@worldnet.att.net>
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 7:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Fw: The smell of old Diesel
>
>
> > Howdy Vernon,
> >
> > Diesel is a volatile organic compound and will evaporate just as
> > gasoline will, but more slowly.
> >
> > RVP is a measure of fuel volatility used in the Petroleum industry, It
> > is determined by submerging a fuel sample, in a sealed container with a
> > pressure gauge, in a 100F degree water bath. Its level is read in PSI.
> >
> > The Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) of most gasoline is 9.0, some low
> > volatility gasolines in the South achieve a RVP of 7.8. California
> > currently mandates an RVP of 6.9. Diesel fuel, in its most common
> > version has an RVP of 0.4.
> >
> > Personally, I do not know what dried out diesel fuel residue smells
> > like, but it definitely will evaporate in a vented fuel system over a
> > long time.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mel Miller
> > Corpus Christi, TX
> > 361-937-3317
> > M725
> > M884
> > M886
> > 86 VW Doppelkabin Drop Side Diesel PU (OD)
> >
> >
> > On Sunday, July 25, 2004, at 06:03 PM, Vernon Tuck wrote:
> >
> > > I'll be interested in hearing other responses.
> > >
> > > But in my experience, since diesel is an oil, old diesel smells like -
> > > diesel.
> > >
> > > Unlike gasoline there is nothing volatile in it to evaporate off,
> > > leaving a
> > > residue.
> >
> >
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