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   Kid thought he was doing me a favor when he used an old steel (leaking) gas   
   can to bring it from empty to a quarter of a tank after he used the car.   
      
   It starts and runs but immediately triggers a cylinder shutdown which I can   
   erase on the fly with an obdii tester on my lap but it happens every few   
   minutes where the cylinder shuts down.   
      
   Car has a cat (which is why the cylinder shuts down) but the car is a $400   
   beater so it's not worth taking to a mechanic.   
      
   Hence my question is whether I just burn off the rest of the gas or if   
   there's a way to siphon it out. I tried putting a hose down the tank but   
   there is some kind of check valve that stops it cold.   
      
   How would you handle it on your own given it's not worth a trip to the   
   mechanic?   
      
   Is there a substance (alcohol or acetone?) which "dries" the gasoline?   
      
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