14 CFR §25.975
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- (a)Fuel tank vents. Each fuel tank must be vented from the top part of the expansion space so that venting is effective under any normal flight condition. In addition—
- (1)Each vent must be arranged to avoid stoppage by dirt or ice formation;
- (2)The vent arrangement must prevent siphoning of fuel during normal operation;
- (3)The venting capacity and vent pressure levels must maintain acceptable differences of pressure between the interior and exterior of the tank, during—
- (4)Airspaces of tanks with interconnected outlets must be interconnected;
- (5)There may be no point in any vent line where moisture can accumulate with the airplane in the ground attitude or the level flight attitude, unless drainage is provided;
- (6)No vent or drainage provision may end at any point—
- (7)Each fuel tank vent system must prevent explosions, for a minimum of 2 minutes and 30 seconds, caused by propagation of flames from outside the tank through the fuel tank vents into fuel tank vapor spaces when any fuel tank vent is continuously exposed to flame.
- (b)Carburetor vapor vents. Each carburetor with vapor elimination connections must have a vent line to lead vapors back to one of the fuel tanks. In addition—