Brisyboy
Senior Member
- Joined
- Mar 7, 2015
- Messages
- 423
- Location
- Australia
- Vessel Name
- Malagari
- Vessel Make
- Island Gypsy 36 Europa
Good morning,
I need to ad a valve to the bottom of each of our boats fuel tanks to drain off the crud (water) - luckily there is a fitting in each, right at the bottom where the valve can screw in. They have a screw plug in them at the moment - getting that out and screwing the new valve in will be messy but doable.
My question is two fold - I have limited clearance so a gate valve would be ideal however with diesel, is a gate valve ok, or should it be a ball valve (if a ball valve - is there a specific one for diesel?)
And secondly - stainless or bronze - it will be screwing into a steel tank.
Cheers
I need to ad a valve to the bottom of each of our boats fuel tanks to drain off the crud (water) - luckily there is a fitting in each, right at the bottom where the valve can screw in. They have a screw plug in them at the moment - getting that out and screwing the new valve in will be messy but doable.
My question is two fold - I have limited clearance so a gate valve would be ideal however with diesel, is a gate valve ok, or should it be a ball valve (if a ball valve - is there a specific one for diesel?)
And secondly - stainless or bronze - it will be screwing into a steel tank.
Cheers