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Hmmm, I guess a gascolator is a fancy name for a sediment bowl. My 1955 John
Deere had a sediment bowl. If I had called it a gascolator I would have been laughed out of the county. wrote in message ... . So a gascolator is simply a water separator, OK? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More or less, yes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I thought it a lot more complicated - an easy way to get lost in explanations. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It IS a lot more complicated. The body of the Gascolator provides a place to attach various fuel lines. On a simple airplane -- one lacking even a fuel pump -- the Gascolator offers more convenience than other methods.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -) why does one want a water separator apart from the fuel filter? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I give up. Why? In fact, most Gascolators DO provide for fuel filtering as well as water separation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In my house's heating, there's a filter cartridge in a glass bowl, and when I ran the tank dry it sure filled up with water (and smudge). Isn't it sufficient to mount the fuel filter at the lowest point, and have a water drain valve on its bottom? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yes, a water drain at the lowest point should prevent water from reaching the burner. But I am not familiar with the oil burners used by many Americans. Based on your description I suspect there is an auxiliary circuit open to the atmosphere that is only allowed to drain when the main tank is completely empty, but that is only a guess. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -) is there a finer fuel filter in the Ford A & T, or only the strainer in the tank? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No; not as a stock item. As I recall, the strainer fits down inside the filler neck and there were a number of after-market filters that offered a finer mesh than the stock filter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you recommend a finer filter, either between tank and gascolator or between gascolator and carb? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ That's two questions :-) The Gascolator has a finer filter than the one in the filler neck. You should not need any additional filtering. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -) why the "sintered bronze muffler" on the exit? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Because the 'exit' of the Gascolator is the inlet to the carburetor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- actually, what is a "sintered bronze muffler"? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A muffler -- the types vary -- is standard equipment for pneumatically- powered tools, which have an extremely high noise signature. Sintered bronze mufflers do not corrode nor 'pack-up' like some other types of mufflers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Does it serve as a filter, perhaps? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See the above. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -) for the receiver body, I should like clear plastic: less delicate than glass, but unlike metal, it shows what's happening. There must surely be clear plastics that resist gasoline? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm sure there is but the goal here is to describe a Gascolator that can be fabricated by the typical homebuilder. As for showing what's happening, it would ALWAYS show full; there would be nothing to see. As for plastic vs glass or metal, my personal preference -- and that of many other homebuilders -- is to keep keep the amount of flammable materials forward of the firewall to an absolute minimum. -R.S.Hoover |
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