Mike,
Not surprised. There isn't any seal where the shaft sticks out of the
housing. Just depends on how full the tank is.
Cheers,
Bob Haskell
AHCA 3000 MkI registrar
http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php
On 05/29/2018 11:29 AM, Michael MacLean wrote:
> This past weekend I removed the tank to extract the sending unit on my
> Bugeye because of a constant reading of empty on the gauge.? As
> suspected, the plastic float was filled with gasoline.? Ethanol!? While
> replacing the plastic float for brass and the cork gaskets for Viton
> type gaskets, I also swapped out the sending unit top cover cork gasket
> with a Viton type using Hylomar AF to seal things up.? The big surprise
> came when I found the rheostat cavity full of gasoline.? Must have
> entered through the hole in the sending unit body for the float lever.
> Anyone have experience with this?? Should I be concerned?? I remember
> the original sending unit I removed form the Bugeye tank was full of a
> white powdery residue around the rheostat like it had also been filled
> with gasoline.? Anyone have experience with this?
> Mike MacLean
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