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AndrewIC

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9 hours ago, Bee said:

I don't think I'm making this up but I think I read that diesel powered submarines had their fuel tanks  open at the bottom so that as diesel was drawn from the top seawater would fill the space. Kept the buoyancy predictable and all that stuff. If that is the case then their filters / separators must have been truly brilliant. Why then do our filters give up with an egg cup dull of water?

I think you'll find the take off points for our diesel lines will be somewhat close to the bottom of the tank - any water in there will be sucked up as soon as there's enough to get to that level.

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