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On Sep 19, 5:00*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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epends on the type, but tin tanks are no kind of insurance against it.
Try
it sometime. Drain some fuel, if there's some water, drain it all out
and then shake the airplane. Pretty sure you;ll get some more.

BTW, you're tanks are more than likely aluminum. I could be wrong,
but I'
ve
never seen stainless tanks in any airplane.

Bertie

Surprisingly, I can count on one hand getting water in the fuel and my
bet how it got in there is my carelessness on taking the caps off
after a rain and the residual rain underneath the lever sneaks into
the tank. But I will give what you say above a try, nothing gain,
nothing loss but the adventure.


Yeah, it's rare enough. depends on the airplane and where you live.
We had an accident near where I live with an engine failure on takeoff
after some very heavy rain. The guys were OK, but the airplane was
destroyed ( Cherokee). There was no problem found with the engine. I think
thye might have had this problem.



Bertie