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To: Sparklite

At 6 feet deep, in most locations, it doesn’t swing much in temperature from summer to winter. Day to night, not at all. That was the point.

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2008/08/save-on-gas-with-morning-fill-ups-don-t-bet-on-it/index.htm

Water is denser that gasoline and collects at the bottom. Draw-off sumps are used to pull that out from time to time. Pump fills are placed off the very bottom.

Very little air can enter the tank as gasoline has a vapor pressure higher than the ambient. Without the exchange of air, moisture via condensation really doesn’t have a pathway in.


57 posted on 08/29/2014 12:54:45 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: thackney

Thanks for the correction. I’m running off memory that’s older than most posters!


62 posted on 08/29/2014 1:41:03 PM PDT by Sparklite
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