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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By A Customer
from USA
on Monday, July 27, 2009
Pros: can almost sump 13 points before dumping
Cons: see "Your Review..."
Review:
"needle" is lose. fuel sprays all over the place when you use it.
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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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