12RPilot
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posted April 21, 2003 07:33 AM
Water in Gas Help
On the way home from the track Saturday I ran into a thunderstorm. When I got home I noticed that both gas cans had the lids off the spouts. Now this is 10 gallons of the good stuff so I don't want to put it in my mower. Couldn't I just put something under one corner of the cans and wait a day for the water settle in the low corner of the can and suck it out with a clear hose. The spouts are only 1/2" tubes, can't imagine that much water got in. Any ideas to save this 93 octane would be appreciated.
    
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dougmeyer
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posted April 21, 2003 07:46 AM
Pour in some "HEET" from your local automotive magic elixer store, designed to remove water from gas in cold climates. Actually it's just alcohol which absorbs the water and holds it in suspension to be easily digested by the engine. There may be other products with different names that do the same thing.
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Zhooligan
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posted April 21, 2003 09:29 AM
Yeah Heet works pretty damn well. I would suggest you stop buy a good auto parts store and pick up a good funnel with a filter. I have a couple that do a good job of picking up the water. And then throw in some heet or other product like it.
Het is a pretty common thing around boats! I have had an occassion in some really bad areas of of Alaska where the Heat saved our butts. The gas from the marinas up there have a tendency to have more then their fair share of water in the fuel!
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deathpulse
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posted April 21, 2003 10:44 AM
I'd actually try both methods - see if you can get the gas into a container that will allow you to determine if the gas has seperated from the water. I'm a private pilot, and there is actually a tool that pilots use to determine if there is any water in gas - but all it really is is a large clear (plastic) test tube that allows to to look/examine the gas (water BAD BAD BAD for aircraft engines). The gas that you examine comes from the bottom of the plane's fuel tanks, so I think you are correct in assuming that water will eventually meet at the bottom of your fuel. So, try and get the gas/water mix into a "clear" container that will allow you to check this out after a day or so, then get as much water out of the bottom of the container (if it has a valve at the bottom of it you are LUCKY,) as you can. After you are done with this, put HEET into the mix to take care of any residual water.
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