Oil & Fuel Why not use a funnel with a screen to fill fuel?

[RalphVa]

Murph,

I don't know the part # for the kero siphon. Bought mine at the local TSC.

They're like the gasoline siphons with the bulb except the inlet and outlet lines are much bigger.

I tried gasoline siphons initially: way too slow.

Ralph

 

[Inspector507]

Might this be it?
TSC # 3050305

 

[RalphVa]

That's the one, without the container, of course.

The inlet is long enough to go to the bottom of a 5 gallon diesel container. The outlet is a tad longer, just right to stick into the tank inlet if the container is sitting on the hood. The inlet line end is cut on an angle; so, you don't block it even if it is straight down.

No screens in it. Don't need screens.

I used to put plastic tipped ends over the inlet and outlet lines but quit doing this after dropping them into the tank a couple of times. Fished both out once. One is still in there. Doesn't come with the plastic tips. I added them.

Ralph

 

[dholly]

I was wondering if a plastic bedliner might be the culprit; the new GMC oem bedliner I just bot has a very substantial, bright yellow safety warning about removing fuel containers before filling. Didn't see a bedliner on the truck in the fire story linked above, but I think I'll keep refueling my portable containers on the ground. Now... about that cell phone static hazard question? I see sooo many people talking on cell phones while fueling their cars and it makes me real nervous.

 

[SteveInMD]

You ever watch Myth Busters on the Discovery Channel? Their experiment showed a cell phone can't ignite gas vapors even under ideal conditions.

 

[GeneD14]

The fuel tank in my previous diesel tractor had a cup shaped screen strainer inside the tank filler. When I would fill up at a high volume commercial fuel pump the screen would cause the fuel going in to foam up really bad and it would trigger the pump to shut off. Not to mention that it would splash back all over the fuel tank.

 

[Pilot]

Here's a recent story on a static electricity caused fire that burned a Ferrari a couple days ago: http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=78193
and if that link expires, hsere's another one:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/07/05/earlyshow/main706202.shtml

The static line in the fuel hose didn't prevent this one.

Regarding gas cans in picukup trucks, here is the official scoop: http://www.pei.org/FRD/gascan.htm

I saw nothing said about diesel in these stories.

 

[em14]

Pilot,
Those were both disturbing and interesting! I know that there are warnings in the fuel tank literature about grounding the tank to the vehicle when carrying Tanks of Diesel Fuel in the PU truck bed; at least it was with my 50 gal.
Leo

 

[chucko]

Screen will clock up when you look the other way and you will pour fuel down the front of your pants.

 

[Lawnjocky]

Here is my respose from JD

Thank you for contacting our Web site.

We appreciate your purchase. I am forwarding your email to our factory. I will advise you as soon as I hear from our factory.

I don't know if they're stumped or just don't want to answer.
Lawn