Thread: Water in the gas at Sardis

Originally Posted by deltabull

Temp definitely comes into play. Nobody nowadays would water down their gas tanks. Think about this: watch your iced tea glass as it sits on a hot day. Condensation forms on the outside of the glass. Now pour hot coffee in a jar half full and sit it in the fridge. You will see condensation on the inside of the jar. Hot inside cold outside= condensation inside. The tanks underground maintain a temp year-round of close to 55 degrees. A tanker truck loaded with hot fuel in the heat of summer unloads 90 degree Gasoline into the underground tank. Hot inside cold outside condensation forms INSIDE !

This is true, but the newer Modern stations have water sensors that warn them when the water level reaches 1.5” inches in the bottom of the tank. The pump only reaches to 6” inches off the bottom of the tank. The older stations don’t have that system, or even if they do, they don’t pay out the money to maintain them. The same stations that won’t fix their warning system are the same stations where you always have the go inside for your receipt because they won’t spend the money to fix the receipt printers on their pumps. Those electronic printers cost between 1000-1500.00 each. The water warning system probably cost much more.


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Had enough water to overpower two separator’s. Non ethanol at that same station in Sardis. Using plain gas with ethanol last couple years and no more problems.


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