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Fuel
Systems
Equipment Standards
FEDERAL LAW
183.534 - Fuel filters and strainers
If tested under Sec. 183.590,
each fuel filter and strainer, as installed in the boat,
must not leak more than five ounces of fuel in 2-1/2
minutes inclusive of leaks from the fuel pump and fuel
line.
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Fuel filters, strainers, and their connections
must withstand a 2-1/2 minute fire test conducted as described
in 183.590. The fire test may
be performed on an engine for filters and strainers designed
to be engine-mounted or may be performed in a fire chamber
to qualify a filter or strainer to be mounted anywhere in
the fuel system.
After the fire test, the filter or strainer
is to be subjected to a 3-foot head of fuel to determine its
rate of leakage. Acceptable leakage is up to 5 ounces of fuel
in 2-1/2 minutes, but must include leakage from an associated
fuel pump and fuel line. Internal leakage, destruction of
straining or filtering elements, and impairment of function
are acceptable.
FIGURE
19 - Leakage Test For Fuel Filters And Strainer
TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW
- Each fuel filter, strainer and its
connections will not leak more than 5 ounces of fuel
in 2–1/2 minutes after the fire test in 183.590.
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