<html><body><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000"><div>Yes in Europe we have to replace the ATL fuel cells every 5 years and the technical control has no mercy when the expiry date has arrived. And indeed you can use these fuel cells for another 2 year with a factory control but this control is more than half of the price of a new one because of the package and sendings costs. Only way to escape : fitting an old original fuel tank, no matter how rusty inside and it doesn't matter if it is more than 60 years old! And the original tank doesn't need foam inside! That all makes sense in very twisted ways: steel is lasting longer than foam. And also : if you can buy an ATL fuel cell ( instead of leaving the original tank alone), you can buy one every 5 year.</div><div>Marcel</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>Van: </b>"fot" <fot@autox.team.net><br><b>Aan: </b>"fot" <fot@autox.team.net><br><b>Cc: </b>"Steve Hirschtritt" <sltritt@comcast.net><br><b>Verzonden: </b>Vrijdag 8 maart 2019 13:47:58<br><b>Onderwerp: </b>Re: [Fot] Fuel Cells<br></div><br><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__">I opened up the fuel cell in my ’67 Morgan racer (hadn’t been raced since 1989) and found nothing but gray powder inside the bladder. I was told it DNF’d its last race “something to do with the fuel pump” (there were two). I don’t know how long it takes foam to turn to dust when it’s not soaked in fuel but it seems plausible that disintegrating foam might have been the cause of the DNF.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Duncan<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote class=""><div class="">On Mar 7, 2019, at 11:25 PM, Brad Eells via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" class="" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">I thought it was best to replace the original 1969 fuel bladder in the Spitfire...</span><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">Found an 8 gallon ATL cell that fit right in the original can with minimal modification...<br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Brad Eells<div class="">Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class="">On Mar 7, 2019, at 11:48 AM, Scott Janzen via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" class="" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I have a Fuel Safe Sportsman fuel cell. I’d always been under the impression that these things aged out. My vintage organization does not require certification or date tags, however, unlike on seat belts.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I called Fuel Safe, talked to a helpful tech, and he said if the bladder isn’t leaking, if the foam isn’t breaking down and showing up in the fuel filter, and the bladder is still flexible, no cracking, it could last for 20 years.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It should be inspected, but they were not pushing to sell me a new one. Just saved $700 bucks. 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