Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing . Fig. 3 inwj Fig. 5 \ >sr/J///l)l I *? Fig. 2. Fig. 4 tire pump. It does not take much air pressure to makethe gasolene flow up into the feed tank, and from there itflows down to the carbureter itself. Feed Pipes To carry the gasolene from the tank to the carbureteron the engine all kinds of pipes are used, and all kinds oftroubles experienced as a result. Some cheap outfits arepiped with an iron pipe, but it is not the best. Some use 259 BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS brass pipes, some block tin, some tin-lined
Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing . Fig. 3 inwj Fig. 5 \ >sr/J///l)l I *? Fig. 2. Fig. 4 tire pump. It does not take much air pressure to makethe gasolene flow up into the feed tank, and from there itflows down to the carbureter itself. Feed Pipes To carry the gasolene from the tank to the carbureteron the engine all kinds of pipes are used, and all kinds oftroubles experienced as a result. Some cheap outfits arepiped with an iron pipe, but it is not the best. Some use 259 BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS brass pipes, some block tin, some tin-lined lead pipes, butcopper pipes are the cleanest .and least likely to get chokedup. Gasolene is a very thin fluid, and it will leak througha pipe which will hold water securely. It is also lighterthan water, so that any water which gets into a tank ofgasolene will sink to the bottom. More or less dirt alwaysgets into a tank, and even in a clean tank a thick yellowgum is generated from impurities in the gasolene, whichclogs up the pipe and causes the engine to stop. All thismakes it advisable to have a sort of trap or separator (),
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