I fluorinated my crica 2000 tank and its been filled with mogas for
nearly 3 months and I don't see any sign of swelling. However, its
been cold this winter, and my theory is that these tanks absorb fuel
when hot which can happen during hot summer months. Most of the tank
failures I have heard of have come from warmer climates.
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Peter Zutrauen <peterz@zutrasoft.com> wrote:
> ...and whether they have been post-florinated/treated beyond the factory's
> treatment :-)
>
> I thought the only change the factory made was to start florinating in the
> late 90's. I can only imagine that the original non-florinated tanks must
> have swollen up like balloons.
>
> cheers,
> Pete
> A239
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Fred Klein <fklein@orcasonline.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mar 27, 2014, at 3:38 AM, Pete Lawless <pete@lawless.info> wrote:
>>
>> given that the original Europa supplied tanks were known to have been made
>> of the 'wrong material' are Europa continuing to make tanks from the same
>> 'wrong material' or are the newly supplied tanks made of something
>> different. It may be that Europa are still working their way through a
>> large original batch.
>>
>> Anyone know?
>>
>>
>> I certainly do not "know", but it has been my understanding that at some
>> point Europa changed from the original lo-density material to a hi-density
>> material...can anyone can confirm that?
>>
>> Apropos to this thread, it would seem to be of value if we could track the
>> kit numbers and the accumulated flight times of those tanks which have
>> failed, as well as any other aspects of the failures which may seem
>> pertinent such as ambient temperatures, long-term storage while empty, etc.
>>
>> Fred
>>
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>> arget="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Europa-List
>> tp://forums.matronics.com
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