Steaming Fuel Tank

[sbb4us]

I just got my t-maxx for christmas and its the first nitro r/c car I've ever owned and i just wanted to know why they tell you not to reuse the fuel out of the tank once its been run through the engine thanks

sorry about the name i messed up the thread post name

 

[Jamxx85]

wait a minute...

use the fuel after it has been ran through the engine??? how do u do that?

 

[sbb4us]

the new t-maxx has a tube that goes back into the fuel tank and they tell u not to use the fuel in the tank after the cars been run

 

[wdavidhicks]

When you eat a bowl of cereal and there's milk left after the cereal's gone you don't pour it back in the milk jug, do ya?

It's a good, safe practice. You'll be less likely to induce contaminants into your next tank of fuel. I'll pour unused fuel from the fuel bottle back into the gallon jug but once fuel is in the vehicle's tank I'll either burn it or dump it. (In an environmentally-conscious manner, of course.)

 

[lillightingboy21]

If it is already in the tank dont reuse it it can cost you some money if you do. Little particles can get in your engine and trash it the you will be out alot more then you would if you just bought more fuel.

 

[marc0490]

all i can think about is that milk after three bowls of cereal

 

[bashmaster]

just poor all the leftover fuel in a film canester, i use it to clean out air filter elements. and then cap it again and it stays fresh. all the dirt and stuff colllects at the bottom of the can.

 

[robmob]

Originally posted by sbb4us
the new t-maxx has a tube that goes back into the fuel tank and they tell u not to use the fuel in the tank after the cars been run

That is the tank pressure line. Very little spent fuel enters the tank thru this line.

 

[olds97_lss]

Here's my opinion. The line coming from the exhaust is your fuel pressure line. While the engine is running, exhaust blows into this line to create a pressurized tank so it can feed the engine fuel. Exhaust has burnt fuel/oil in it as smoke. This smoke is pushed into your tank with your fuel. The smoke is relativly acidic. So, from the second you start your truck, your fuel is being contaminated from the exhaust that is pumping the fuel into the engine.

Like others have said, you don't want contaminents starting in your fuel. It's one thing to be in the engine, but leave it in a gallon bottle of fuel for a week and let the acid break down the molecular structure of the fuel and it could ruin it or harm your engine to use it.

I've read where older guys have explained this and it makes sense. Whens the last time you inhaled exhaust smoke and had that burning sensation in your lungs?