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To: Openurmind
There is no way to completely seal a tank.

No, probably not. But we're talking gasoline/alcohol fuel applications, not Hydrogen and rocket science here.

Modern cars have a sealed fuel system. Older vehicles and lawn/garden equipment have vented tanks (a hole in the cap)

rubber molecules ...Same with gasket materials.

Modern engines use neoprene not rubber.

44 posted on 09/14/2022 10:36:49 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

“But we’re talking gasoline/alcohol fuel applications”

Yes we are, and evaporated Gas/Alcohol molecules are smaller than any gasket/O ring materials used. Over time they leak out right between gasket molecules. Alcohol much faster than Gas because the molecules are even smaller.

“Modern cars have a sealed fuel system.”

Still not sealed. Let a “sealed fuel system” car sit for six months and then smell the gas. It will still be varnish because of evaporation. The cap gasket, O rings, and vacuum lines still leak on a molecular level.

“Modern engines use neoprene not rubber.”

I was referring to tires as a comparative material. Cars use neoprene, nitrile, silicon, urethane, and paper gaskets and seals. All still have larger molecules than alcohol molecules.

An example of this reality would be sealed auto A/C systems. Even though Freon molecules are much larger than Alcohol molecules they still leak out through the O rings and hoses over time.


45 posted on 09/15/2022 2:23:56 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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