Opinion ID: 3036581
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Heading: Pumps and Hoses Aboard the Gran Tauro

Text: When asked about the Gran Tauro’s gasoline reserves, Marquez told the LEDET team that there were about 200 gallons in the center aft fuel tank and that it was used for the Gran Tauro’s bilge pumps. The LEDET team noted that the Gran Tauro’s two pumps and generator all had four-stroke, single cylinder engines.7 The intake and discharge points of one of the pumps, both ends of a hose hooked up to it, and an unattached hose all smelled of gasoline. In an experiment, 7 A four-stroke engine can burn only pure gasoline, whereas two-stroke, outboard motors such as twin Yamahas seen on the Go-Fast burn a gasoline/oil mixture. UNITED STATES v. PERLAZA 2575 the LEDET team moved the pump and hoses near the aft tank and, within two minutes, hooked them up without any help from the Gran Tauro crew. The gasoline in the aft tank was approximately three feet from the top, and one of the gassmelling hoses was long enough to reach the gasoline. From this exercise, Seda concluded that the crew aboard the Gran Tauro could use it to refuel other vessels at sea.8 Marquez denied that the pump had been used to pump gasoline from the aft tank.