Timeline for Should you sump fuel tanks when the fuel system is below freezing?
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| Nov 18, 2015 at 7:40 | vote | accept | voretaq7 | ||
| Feb 25, 2014 at 19:23 | comment | added | voretaq7 | @zingle-dingle Water will happily freeze in a fuel tank - the "thermal interia" provided by the avgas means it won't freeze the instant it drops below freezing, but if it stays cold enough long enough you'll get ice (and conversely the same thermal inertia means it will stay frozen for a while after the temperature rises above freezing) | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 19:21 | answer | added | voretaq7 | timeline score: 8 | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 17:37 | comment | added | zingle-dingle | Very good question. I'm guessing the water would not freeze instantly as you drain it. Assuming it's not already frozen in the tank and that it's not 100 below freezing. I would rather have a problem on the ground with my fuel draining on the ramp then my engine sputtering out while I'm in the air! | |
| Feb 21, 2014 at 9:58 | comment | added | ratchet freak | nvm, fuel is ~0.8 kg/l while ice is ~0.91 kg/l so ice sinks | |
| Feb 21, 2014 at 9:53 | comment | added | ratchet freak | does Ice float or sink in fuel? | |
| Feb 21, 2014 at 4:25 | comment | added | voretaq7 | I certainly know which side of this argument I wound up on, but I'm going to sit quietly on my hands for at least a day... | |
| Feb 21, 2014 at 4:23 | history | asked | voretaq7 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |