OFF-ROAD GROUND-SUPPORTED OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT - GASOLINE FUEL SYSTEMS - PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS AND TEST PROCEDURES

Available format(s)

Hardcopy

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2008

Publisher

Outdoor Power Equipment Institute

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative References
3 Terms and Definitions
4 Performance Specifications
   4.1 Construction
   4.2 Fuel Tank Integrity
   4.3 Resistance to Stress Cracking
   4.4 Fuel Line
   4.5 Corrosion Resistance
   4.6 Installation
5 Test Procedures
   5.1 Fuel Tank Leak Test
   5.2 Fuel Tank Cyclic Pressure Integrity Test
   5.3 Fuel Tank Elevated Temperature Fuel Soak Test
        (for Injection-Molded HDPE Fuel Tanks) [Standard
        Test Method for Elevated Temperature Fuel Exposure
        Test to Measure the Resistance to Fuel-Induced Slow
        Crack Growth of Injection-Molded High-Density
        Polyethylene Fuel Tank Materials and Designs]
   5.4 Fuel Line Assembly Tensile Test
Annex A (informative) - Rationale
Annex B (informative) - Bibliography

Explains performance based specifications and test procedures applicable to the gasoline fuel systems for off-road ground-supported outdoor power equipment with spark ignition engines of less than one liter displacement.