Re: Overheating Fuel Tank. (Long!)

["jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

Other sources of heat that are overlooked are the fuel pump and the 
fuel pressure regulater. Much of the fuel pushed to the motor is 
returned to the tank by the regulater but the process adds heat to 
the fuel besides it is also running past that hot motor so it is in 
effect cooling the mixture unit too by carrying heat away from it to 
the tank. If hot fuel is a real problem then the ultimate fix is going 
to be a heat exchanger on the fuel return line to keep the heat of the 
motor from getting into the tank.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx> wrote:
> --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
> <SNIP>
> > The best cure, obviously, is to keep the fuel cool. The easiest 
> place to
> > start is reducing the heat transfer from the coolant pipes. As 
> you may
> > already know, aluminum is an excellent conductor of heat. And 
> there isn't
> > much room for insulation between the pipes & the fuel tank. I 
> suggested
>