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Re: mysterious plumbing


>I pulled the gas tank today and noticed >two hoses coming from it and
leading 
>to/from/around a mysterious contraption 
>under the tank. What is it?

When I bought The Baroness she had someting like that. It turned out to
be a water sump---water is heavier than gas so it sinks.  So any water
in your tank would drain into this sump and not go into your engine.
Mine was all rusted and full of glop, so I removed it.

Lilly & The Baroness, '71 FI SB

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