Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diesel fuel tanks in trucks


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 02:16, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Diesel fuel tanks in trucks

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User:Andy Dingley put it better than I probably could: The content is either self-evident (quality of welding is obviously necessary) or unsourced and dubious. Most what's in here is so narrowly specific that it implies (unsourced) that there is only one single way to make a fuel tank, which is a US-centric view and far from universal. I suppose you can consider it a co-nomination. Timothy Joseph Wood 18:01, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
 * delete, presumably as co-nominator. Andy Dingley (talk) 18:13, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep as the topic seems to have potential per our editing policy. Andrew D. (talk) 11:03, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Maybe you're right, but the current content appears to be mostly OR, and the topic, in principle, doesn't seem to be anything that could not just as easily be incorporated into Fuel tank, since the article would have to be fundamentally rewritten almost in it's entirety anyway. Timothy Joseph Wood  13:25, 28 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep article needs substantial improvement and referencing. But AFD is not cleanup and I believe the subject is notable.
 * From Google Book Snippet view:


 * Modern Diesel Technology: Diesel Engines - Page 219 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1401898092
 * Sean Bennett - 2009 - ‎Preview - ‎More editions High- pressure inlet Low-pressure outlet 3–10 pounds per square inch (psi) Fuel filter Drain Fuel tank Top view Return fuel ... Note that the use of anything but ULS fuel in a truck manufactured after 2007 can cause costly damage to emission ... Fuel Tank Design The fuel tank is always a chassis OEM-supplied component.


 * Safety and Performance Assessment of Ethanol Diesel Blends (E-Diesel)https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1428917489
 * The second highest RPN for the vehicle fuel tank failure mode involves ignition due to static electric discharge. Following the methanol fueling station design experience, a grounding wire is suggested to reduce the occurrence of this mode from a moderate (3) to a ... Spilled fuel fires as a result of a major accident with an E-diesel tanker truck or destruction of an E-diesel vehicle fuel tank can result in a ...


 * Fuels and Lubricants Handbook - Page 123 https://books.google.com/books?id=J_AkNu-Y1wQC
 * The degree of performance and the temperature depend on the engine, the vehicle design, and the fuel system ... in the United States to simulate the low temperature behavior of diesel fuel in the fuel tank of a diesel truck left overnight, in a ...


 * Fundamentals of Medium/Heavy Duty Diesel Engines - Page 439 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1284117537
 * Gus Wright - 2015 - ‎Preview - ‎More editions Such exible tubing is designed to pass through the dierent sections of chassis to transfer fuel from the fuel tank to the engine. ... Nylon plastic lines are chemically compatible with diesel fuel and mold well with specialized connectors for ease of ... Unit Tank Vent Line Fuel Suction Line Fuel Return Line Tank and line connections for a mediumFIGURE 15-8 duty truck. ... eir design prevents the accumulation of contaminants, such as water, sediment, and microorganisms in the fuel tank.


 * Automobile Design Liability - Volume 1 - Page 313 https://books.google.com/books?id=1rq1AAAAIAAJ
 * Richard M. Goodman, ‎Center for Auto Safety - 1982 - ‎Snippet view - ‎More editions System-Fuel Tanks. DOM— December 14, 1976-January 20, 1977. Heavy duty diesel trucks equipped with optional dual 22 V4" cylindrical fuel tanks. Possibility that dual ZZVi" cylindrical fuel tanks support mounting brackets may crack at ...


 * Medium/Heavy Duty Truck Engines, Fuel & Computerized Management Systems https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1305856694
 * Sean Bennett - 2016 - ‎Preview - ‎More editions Fuel tanks sectioned with internal baffles must be directly subjected to the steam within each section. ... Diesel fuel injection equipment is manufactured with minute clearances, so impurities in fuel, if not removed by the fuel subsystem, can ... Spinon filters are obviously easier to service and are the filter design of choice by ...


 * Title 49 - Transportation: Department of Transportation Parts 300 - 399 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1577857763
 * Office of Federal Register - 2006 - ‎Preview - ‎More editions Joints of a fuel tank body must be closed by arc-, gas-, seam-, or spot-welding, by brazing, by silver soldering, or by ... Except for diesel fuel tanks, the fittings through which fuel is withdrawn from a fuel tank must be located above the normal ...


 * There is a lot of information specific to Diesel tanks, but no objection to merging into Fuel tank unless/until someone does a rewrite and decides to split it back out again. MB 19:27, 28 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. The article might need some editing, however, I think improving the article would be better. Merging with an article on trucks might also be better. 700yuster (talk) 12:54, 30 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment if someone wants to attempt a TNT, I'm more than happy to see the article rewritten. But currently the only sourced statements in the article are 1) to a lengthy list of regulations, with no indication where the actual content came from, and 2) What appears to be an attempt to link to this article, which is from a manufacturer/seller of tanks, and fairly blatantly promotional, We believe no matter what kind of tank you buy it should look great when you get it.


 * I'm certainly willing to concede that many sufficiently broad topics can potentially form the basis of an article (Farm tractors tires, Plastics in computer manufacturing) and similar topics are surely going to have reliable sources available to make a great article, if someone wants to sit down and write it. But what we have currently is an essay, not an article.


 * We're it not probably prohibitively WP:POINTY, I would remove the 95% of the article that is very likely unreferenced WP:OR to emphasize exactly what it is we are considering keeping. But perhaps it's not too much so, since if the article is kept, I will certainly reduce it to a stub, which will be of little or no value, but kept none-the-less.


 * To quote TNT directly: If you keep the article, then you're keeping something of no value until someone replaces it with something of value. Timothy Joseph Wood  13:15, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   08:57, 4 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete as unencyclopedic, per User:Timothyjosephwood. If one wants to write about a sub-sub-specialized niche topic such as this one, it would better be well-written and well-referenced. This one is neither, and once we remove all the OR and fluff virtually nothing would remain. If anyone wants to salvage this article I would perhaps change my mind, but I find the subject so uninspiring that I find this unlikely. I have often !voted keep for bad articles about potentially interesting subjects, but this is a bad article about an uninteresting subject, and a textbook WP:TNT material. No such user (talk) 11:23, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 04:49, 9 January 2017 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.