---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 183.536"
title: "33"
number: "183.536"
heading: "Seals and gaskets in fuel filters and strainers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/183.536"
---

# §183.536. Seals and gaskets in fuel filters and strainers.

- (a) [Reserved]
- (b) Each gasket and each sealed joint in a fuel filter and strainer must not leak when subjected for 24 hours to a gasoline that has at least a 50 percent aromatic content at the test pressure marked on the fuel tank label.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 81-092, 48 FR 55737, Dec. 15, 1983]

### Source

Source: CGD 74-209, 42 FR 5950, Jan. 31, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4302; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; and Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, para. II, (92)(b). Subpart E is also authorized by Pub. L. 114-120, 130 Stat. 27

### Source

Source: CGD 72-61R, 37 FR 15782, Aug. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 81-092, 48 FR 55737, Dec. 15, 1983]