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From: The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: water in gas tank
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 08:52:01 -0700
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On 4/2/25 1:40 PM, AMuzi wrote:
> On 4/2/2025 1:07 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
>> On 3/31/25 4:45 AM, Woozy Song wrote:
>>> Bill Powell wrote:
>>>> My kid dumped a jug of water into the gas tank thinking=20
>>>> it was gas.
>>>> I disconnected the fuel filler hose and used the opening=20
>>>> on the tank to
>>>> pump=C2=A0 everything out where the last gallon was 90% water=20
>>>> & about 10% gas.
>>>>
>>>> Since I've never done this before, what's a good way to=20
>>>> proceed?
>>>> Should I replace the fuel filter? What does water do to a=20
>>>> fuel filter?
>>>>
>>>> Now that the fuel tank is completely dry, should I run=20
>>>> the engine with the
>>>> water that must still be in the lines?
>>>>
>>>> Should I run only one gallon at first - and then when=20
>>>> empty, add the rest
>>>> of the 18 gallons?
>>>>
>>>> How do you approach this situation after pumping the fuel=20
>>>> tank dry?
>>>
>>> One of those bush survival TV shows said put a litre of=20
>>> methylated
>>> spirits (denatured alcohol) in the tank, which blends with=20
>>> the water.
>>> Never tried it myself, sounds a little dodgy.
>>=20
>> Used to be standard.=C2=A0 I've done it.=C2=A0 I remember putting=20
>> perhaps a gallon of the drained water/gas mixture in a glass=20
>> bottle and taking it back to the gas station and screaming=20
>> at the attendant.
>>=20
>> I don't remember how much denatured alcohol ("gas dryer") we=20
>> used or how well it worked, but I know we drove that van=20
>> across the country a couple of times afterward.=C2=A0 We still=20
>> have it, in fact.=C2=A0 1960 Dodge van.
>>=20
>=20
> Thank you so much!
> Seems like forever since I read one of your sigs.

Thank YOU.  Usenet just isn't what it used to be and there are fewer=20
opportunities to contribute :-(

I blame Facebook.


--=20
Cheers, Bev
   "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea:
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