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Old 01-08-2007, 01:33 PM
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Default RE: To de-fuel or not to de-fuel that is the question

There used to also be a problem with fuel hoses losing their elasticity and coming off the filler barb or at the klunk. Usually as you pulled up (like on take-off: tres bad). Brass klunks also used to get "gunk" from corrosion fostered by the moisture in the alcohol. Plated ones and stainless don't do it.

Other reasons as above: staleness, moisture absorption, spillage risk.