Posted by Allan In NE on April 19, 2012 at 07:44:17 from (148.66.88.254):
In Reply to: Re: Sugar in gas tank posted by sotxbill on April 19, 2012 at 06:25:39:
It doesn't make a fig how it gets there....it will.
Just as soon as the stuff hits roughly 130-140° it decomposes and turns liquid. Filters are no hindrance whatsoever at that tempreature.
And before someone bellers that the fuel doesn't get hot enough, I beg to differ. Return fuel coming off that regulater is running between 230 and 250°.
Work your tractor for an hour or two, shut it off and look in the fuel tank with a flashlight. You'll notice it boiling at the bottom of the tank.
Ya don't notice much anything wrong (but, there is) until ya shut the outfit off. Once it cools, the damned stuff will jel back into a solid state where ever it is sitting; usually gobbed around the valves and rings.
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