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Fuel Tank Drain

Crawled under the GV yesterday to check the fuel tank mounting. Confirmed it is 100 gallons. Saw a "sump" looking feature that creates a low point on the tank. It has a drain plug. For draining/checking  for condensation water? If so how often should I test drain?
Nitehawk,  Demolition Lady, & our NEW master, Zippy the speeding BB cat.
1989 Grand Villa 36' ORED
Oshkosh chassis, 8.2 DD V8
2006 Saturn Vue AWD

Re: Fuel Tank Drain

Reply #1 –
Drained mine once but after getting an armpit full of diesel, decided to use a small 12 volt electric pump with tube attached , tilt the motorhome and drain a small amount of fuel for inspection. i always keep a full tank so I worry about not getting the plug back in a timely fashion or crossthreading the threads and making a mess. I do this from the fill neck.
Felix and Gail Mathieu
99 U320
Jeep Liberty CRD
Build number 5522

Re: Fuel Tank Drain

Reply #2 –
You probably have a water separator installed that would  let you know if there is water. Water sinks to the bottom is pumped out first.
1994 U280, Build 4490
Deming, NM.