---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 183.580"
title: "33"
number: "183.580"
heading: "Static pressure test for fuel tanks."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/183.580"
---

# §183.580. Static pressure test for fuel tanks.


A fuel tank is tested by performing the following procedures in the following order:

- (a) Fill the tank with air or inert gas to the pressure marked on the tank label under [§ 183.514(b)(5)](/cfr/33/183.514.md?p=b-5).
- (b) Examine each tank fitting and seam for leaks using a leak detection method other than the pressure drop method.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-209, 42 FR 5950, Jan. 31, 1977, as amended by 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 74-209, 42 FR 5950, Jan. 31, 1977, as amended by CGD 81-092, 48 FR 55737, Dec. 15, 1983]