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Message started by ministocker56 on 10/03/10 at 10:08pm

Title: Fule Cell ?
Post by ministocker56 on 10/03/10 at 10:08pm

Ok i need to find out humm , Well my fule cell was ok & we took the race truck & painted it in a both with control temp control & after i painted i turned the both to bake for about 45 minutes & when we came back we smelt fule & when i look i notice the fule cell was leaking , So my ? is is this a bad thing or & is the fule cell still ok or not any good now or

Title: Re: Fule Cell ?
Post by Andrew on 10/03/10 at 10:24pm

It's probably ok Greg. The heat may have caused pressure in the cell and pushed the fuel out. Pull the cap and stick your hand inside and feel around. If it's not mis-shapened inside, it's probably ok. Just see if it leaks again.

Title: Re: Fule Cell ?
Post by ministocker56 on 10/03/10 at 10:32pm

Thank's Andrew but kinda hard to put my hand inside it , It's got a flapper valve in it , But can i take that valve out & look or

Title: Re: Fule Cell ?
Post by TIM_BEWLEY on 10/04/10 at 5:32pm

ministocker56 wrote on 10/03/10 at 10:32pm:

But can i take that valve out & look or

or take the cell completly out and inspect it.

Title: Re: Fule Cell ?
Post by OLD SCHOOL#6 on 10/04/10 at 5:50pm

Andrew wrote on 10/03/10 at 10:24pm:

I don't see how this could happen. Fuel cells have vents and the fuel level would have to be "full-full-full", I mean like covering the vent to be able to push any fuel out due to expansion. I'd say you have a leak, and recommend you check it out thouroghly .................(unless the cell was actually that full)

Title: Re: Fule Cell ?
Post by ministocker56 on 10/04/10 at 6:14pm

I plan on pulling it back out & inspecing it , Actuly it's only got 4 gallon's in it & it's a 12 gallon fule cell , I called JAZZ to see what they thought & they said it probly come out the vent to check the gasket's on the fule line coming out & check the vent that everything should be fine

Title: Re: Fule Cell ?
Post by Andrew on 10/04/10 at 6:23pm

OLD SCHOOL#6 wrote on 10/04/10 at 5:50pm:

Fuel cells have vents

This is a good point, but the vent could've been plugged too. This truck has been under construction for a long time. I'd check the vent too Greg.

Title: Re: Fule Cell ?
Post by OLD SCHOOL#6 on 10/04/10 at 6:48pm

There was 4 gallons of fuel in a 12 gallon cell. If the vent was plugged, then where did the fuel come from ??? If the vent was "possibly" plugged, and the cap sealed "real" good, then the only place fuel can get out of the cell due to expansion would be back up the fuel line, and leak at the fitting, which is possible. Take the thing out and check everything Greg ..............

Title: Re: Fule Cell ?
Post by ministocker56 on 10/04/10 at 8:10pm

I plan on doing that , I don't want to take a chance something going wrong & trust me if i see something wrong like the fule cell it's self i'll be calling JAZZ , I can say now that it's not leaking now

Title: Re: Fule Cell ?
Post by FelixGlasg on 08/06/14 at 2:07am

Andrew wrote on 10/03/10 at 10:24pm:

It must be due to heat.. Cell does leak due to excessive heat..