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Re: [GMCnet] In tank fuel pumps, or external pumps. [message #316390 is a reply to message #316360] Fri, 21 April 2017 13:10 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Chris Tyler is currently offline  Chris Tyler   United States
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Ken Burton wrote on Thu, 20 April 2017 22:20
How about using a cheap ethanol / gasoline separator. (I have never seen one.) That would bring the RVP back to what we had before this EPA madness. With the separator you could dump the excess ethanol in the exhaust just like the thermosan units, or you could mix it with water and put it in the black tank for later disposal.

We have guys at the airport doing this separation with water but it is a standalone operation. We have never found a use for the removed ethanol and water mixture, so it just gets dumped. I'm sure the EPA is not happy about that but they are the ones who caused the problem in the first place.


I dont know of any practical way to remove ETOH from gasoline since they are miscable. Water and gasonine are not, so they easily separate and stratify via surface tension and density.
In esoteric theory, I suppose you could heat it and the ETOH would vaporize first, but a number of the lighter elements in gassoline would as well.


The main advantages for in tank pumps is they run cooler, are quieter and protected more from damage at the cost of inaccessibility . particularly important for fuel injection and High pressure. I cant think of any OEM FI using external pump, but someone on here may.

That being said, if you are running carbed, I still think the Carter external as a booster with the mech pump is the way to go


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