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It looks cool but doesn't work.
- By Ehud from Tucson AZ USA on Tuesday, April 07, 2009
- Pros: It's cute and sexy
- Cons: Does not filter water at all. Not even one bit. No, really. It bites.
- Review: It's a great jar for sampling and examining fuel, but as for its mystical powers of separating water from fuel, as the piece of string said -- I'm afraid not. There is an inherent design flaw in the lip of the jar, so when pouring fuel back into the tank after sampling, it's inevitable that fuel will spill onto the aircraft. A wind only makes the problem worse. I've dremel-ground my GATS Jar lip down to make it less of a sharp angle and it spills less. The manufacturer should do this. The second problem is that -- contrary to what the manual says -- it does not separate out fuel from water (specifically petroleum products from non-petroleum products). For this simulation I put 1/4 cup water in a plastic cup, used a marker to indicate the amount of water, and placed it in a cap-free GATS jar. I then put the cap on, and poured 91 octane lead-free gasoline making sure to wet the entire screen. I then poured the two-liquid mixture through the screen until it was empty. That's right -- the gasoline-coated screen did not prevent any water (at all) from going out. So is it fun to use a GATS jar? Sure. Would I recommend it for filtering particulates -- sure. Would I recommend it for filtering water -- heck no.
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Thin Plastic
- By Jarrod from Pensacola, FL on Friday, July 22, 2022
- Pros: Does what it's intended to
- Cons: Flimsy plastic, top pops off
- Review: It does what it's supposed to do, but the plastic for the "jar" is very thin. So thin that if you squeeze it slightly the top pops off. I'm actually kind of disappointed since the description says it's a "strong plastic" and it really isn't.
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It broke in a few weeks
- By Rob from Brush Prairie WA USA on Monday, August 05, 2024
- Pros: hydrophobic screen prevents water in your fuel sample getting returned to the fuel tank
- Cons: The plastic that the cap is made out of cracks very easily
- Review: The materials are junk, really. The cap likes to crack, this is the second jar I bought in about a year, and it broke in under a month. I ended up just super-gluing the cap onto the jar.
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