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20-04-2008, 10:43 PM
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Country: UK
Location: Bucks
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Originally Posted by hunton69
I like it
Out of interest who is making your fuel tanks?
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20-04-2008, 11:13 PM
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#422
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Scratching
Interests: Big Dinners
Boat name: Never Enough
Boat make: Seaquel 600xs
Engines: 225hp Merc ProMax
Cruising area: Anywhere! I prefer Weymouth
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 3,232
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Its looking Jon!
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21-04-2008, 08:02 AM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hunton69
I like it
Out of interest who is making your fuel tanks?
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Barry, Tek Tanks are making our tanks, which for me is a bit of leap of faith as they produce in plastic, so we'll see. The plastic that the tanks are made of is not certified for use with petrol, only derv & water, so not a lot of use to you.
Ciao, are you still here? Why don't you go and boil your head.
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21-04-2008, 10:04 PM
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#424
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Registered User
Location: redhill
Occupation: data manager
Boat name: salamis
Boat make: cheetah (not that cat thing), Invicta Jupiter 5.0
Engines: I/B VP
Cruising area: littlehampton
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: redhill
Posts: 283
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Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
Barry, Tek Tanks are making our tanks, which for me is a bit of leap of faith as they produce in plastic, so we'll see. The plastic that the tanks are made of is not certified for use with petrol, only derv & water, so not a lot of use to you.
Ciao, are you still here? Why don't you go and boil your head.
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This Ethanol petrol blending for low emissions seems to be a real problem with plastic tanks and fuel lines breaking down and dumping its contents. Is it an issue in the UK?
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22-04-2008, 09:44 AM
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BananaShark Member
Country: UK
Location: Salcombe South Devon
Occupation: Racer and builder
Interests: Winning races
Boat name: BananaShark
Boat make: BananaShark 34' Race
Engines: Twin Yanmar BY 260's
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Salcombe South Devon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by robbie
This Ethanol petrol blending for low emissions seems to be a real problem with plastic tanks and fuel lines breaking down and dumping its contents. Is it an issue in the UK?
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I believe that the issues are with fibreglass petrol (gas) tanks in the US that were built into boats and the latest fuels are giving problems with fuel lines and in some cases allegedly causing engine failures - As far as I know plastic tanks are not ok with petrol, and material suppliers in the UK (one that we use anyway) won't give us the OK to make fibreglass tanks for petrol only diesel.
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22-04-2008, 09:59 AM
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#426
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Registered User
Location: Scotland
Interests: Hole maker
Boat make: Humber Ocean Offshore
Engines: KAD 300/DPX
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Scotland
Posts: 958
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I did once store petrol in a 25lts poly container. It lasted about a year. It gradually distorted at the base under the weight of the fuel and formed a small fold at the base which split. It didn't appear softened or hardened by the fuel.
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22-04-2008, 10:28 AM
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Do any of the vehicle manufacturers use "plastic" fuel tanks for petrol? I know my (Diesel) fuel tank is "Plastic"....
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22-04-2008, 10:53 AM
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#428
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Country: UK
Location: Windermere
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Windermere
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My Range Rover has a plastic petrol tank.
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22-04-2008, 11:13 AM
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Large member
Country: England
Location: On the farm
Occupation: General Trouble Causer Salterns Boatyard
Interests: Official smartass
Boat name: Seahorse.org
Boat make: a V24 and a SLOW unstable ICE Bladerunner
Engines: 2x300 promax, 320 Volvo
Cruising area: England/France & Med
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On the farm
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Many cars have 'plastic' petrol tanks. They also produce a 'plastic' jerry can for petrol - so it is possible.
Finally you can buy a petrol or diesel dispensing pump station for farms. Teh diesekl one uses green coloured plastic and the petrol one uses black coloured plastic. For differentiation? or different chemical process in the plastic?
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22-04-2008, 05:05 PM
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#430
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Kent
Occupation: Train Engineer
Interests: Refit/Re-engine Woody's P18 and helping with D2S.
Boat name: Fugazi II / D2S
Boat make: Phantom 18 / Planatec 41'
Engines: 1xMercury XR2 / 2x 8.1ltr Chevys
Cruising area: Kent/Hampshire/Dorset Coasts
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Kent
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Quote:
Originally Posted by verytricky
Many cars have 'plastic' petrol tanks. They also produce a 'plastic' jerry can for petrol - so it is possible.
Finally you can buy a petrol or diesel dispensing pump station for farms. Teh diesekl one uses green coloured plastic and the petrol one uses black coloured plastic. For differentiation? or different chemical process in the plastic?
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I thought green was for unleaded petrol, red for leaded and black for diesel.
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22-04-2008, 05:06 PM
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#431
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Country: UK
Location: Weston Super Mare
Occupation: Electrical Engineer
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maybe so whats yellow then?
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22-04-2008, 05:25 PM
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Large member
Country: England
Location: On the farm
Occupation: General Trouble Causer Salterns Boatyard
Interests: Official smartass
Boat name: Seahorse.org
Boat make: a V24 and a SLOW unstable ICE Bladerunner
Engines: 2x300 promax, 320 Volvo
Cruising area: England/France & Med
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On the farm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SplitPin
I thought green was for unleaded petrol, red for leaded and black for diesel.
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Possibly for small jerry cans, but not for the fuel dispensers on our farms here.. All three farms have a bunded diesel pump, and they are all green. One farm has petrol as well, and it is black.
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22-04-2008, 05:56 PM
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#433
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Registered User
Location: redhill
Occupation: data manager
Boat name: salamis
Boat make: cheetah (not that cat thing), Invicta Jupiter 5.0
Engines: I/B VP
Cruising area: littlehampton
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: redhill
Posts: 283
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Burty
maybe so whats yellow then?
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scared of petrol? The cowardly cad.
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22-04-2008, 06:22 PM
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Registered User
Occupation: Champion Pie Eater
Boat name: On The Rocks
Boat make: Ring 21 marshan 17 four winns horizon, hydro 3 pointer, f2 cat, backdraft 22
Cruising area: Way up norf and Sarf coast areas
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by verytricky
Possibly for small jerry cans, but not for the fuel dispensers on our farms here.. All three farms have a bunded diesel pump, and they are all green. One farm has petrol as well, and it is black.
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I thought petrol tanks had to be in the ground?
But as above we have a green bunded diesel tank for the forklift and minidigger at the house.
gaZ
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23-04-2008, 10:42 AM
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#435
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Large member
Country: England
Location: On the farm
Occupation: General Trouble Causer Salterns Boatyard
Interests: Official smartass
Boat name: Seahorse.org
Boat make: a V24 and a SLOW unstable ICE Bladerunner
Engines: 2x300 promax, 320 Volvo
Cruising area: England/France & Med
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On the farm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gazza
Marc
I thought petrol tanks had to be in the ground?
But as above we have a green bunded diesel tank for the forklift and minidigger at the house.
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By the design of the thing, I dont think it is able to be burried. If you burried it, the fuel controls would be below the surface. It is ver similar in design to the diesel systems, except it has an ally cage built round it. It was as delivered by the manufacturer, so I am guessing it is legal. It is 1200 liters, possibly that makes a difference? The diesel ones are about 5000 to 7500 litres
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24-04-2008, 11:06 AM
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#436
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Registered User
Country: Denmark
Location: Sweden
Occupation: Planning my next boatcraze
Interests: Boats and Boats
Boat make: Fletcher 199 Bravo Superlight Version
Engines: Mariner 200
Cruising area: Danish Westcoast and Oresundsarea, Swedish lake
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Sweden
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Aah Yes...
And now about this threads original topic, Warlord:
I hope jon will give us some more pictures of the ongoing project 
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24-04-2008, 11:52 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
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Location: South
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They'll be coming thick & fast after this weekend.
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25-04-2008, 12:06 AM
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#438
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Location: devon
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Location: devon
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why what's happening this weekend?
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25-04-2008, 12:52 AM
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#439
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Large member
Country: England
Location: On the farm
Occupation: General Trouble Causer Salterns Boatyard
Interests: Official smartass
Boat name: Seahorse.org
Boat make: a V24 and a SLOW unstable ICE Bladerunner
Engines: 2x300 promax, 320 Volvo
Cruising area: England/France & Med
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On the farm
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I can think of the thick, but I cant inagine who's fast...
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25-04-2008, 01:30 AM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kitten
why what's happening this weekend?
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We're sacking the builder.
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