[Rhodes22-list] Fuel Bulb Split

[R Orkin]

Good Idea-- Will do next week when I have a chance


R22RumRunner wrote:
> 
> As long as the bulb is trash anyway, why not cut it open and inspect it.
> My 
>  guess is that it was a manufacturing defect and not related to ethanol in 
> the  gas. Usually a seam is stringer than the original material and not 
> prone to  failure. 
>  
> Rummy
>  
>  
> In a message dated 8/18/2009 9:09:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> roryorkin at verizon.net writes:
> 
> 
> Right- it happens to be another brand but I don't know if there  is a bulb
> that is particularly not prone to 
> degradation.. It could also  just have been a poorly manufactured bulb.
> The
> hose said alcohol resistant  
> but it is a different material than the bulb..
> 
> 
> 
> Rick-139  wrote:
>> 
>> Rory,
>> 
>> If the replacement is the same  product as the split one, you're just 
> going
>> to gunk up your engine  with rubber goo.
>> 
>> Rick
>> 
>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009  at 5:24 PM, R Orkin <roryorkin at verizon.net> wrote:
>>  
>>>
>>> I went to pump up my 1 year old fuel primer bulb  yesterday and it just
>>> split
>>> when I squeezed  it.
>>> I don't know if this is just a cheap bulb or if the ethanol is  reacting
>>> with
>>> the rubber bulb.
>>> Fortunately  I carry a spare fuel line assembly.
>>>
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Rory Orkin
Tilghman, Md
2000 Recycled  Rhodes 22
Duet ll
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