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Subject:Re: after market fuel tank
From:Austin
Date:Fri, 30 Oct 1998 23:32:10 -0800

At 06:25 PM 10/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
>The tanks from Brazil will NOT work on Northern Hemisphere vans due to the
>Coriolas effect. The inlets and outlets are reversed to compensate for the
>swirling motion produced as the fuel leaves the tank. South Africans and
>Aussies know this, as many have tried and failed when switching
>fluid-related parts from Northern Hemisphere suppliers. Happy Friday
>
>G. Matthew Bulley

NOnoNOnoNO!!!  It depends on whether one is driving on the correct side or
the left side of the road - driving on the correct (right) side of the
road, on & off ramps always force fuel to the liberal side of the tank;
converse applies in those oddball places the Brits colonized (& I thought
only Spain screwed up every place they subjugated).

Austin