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|    Bob F to mike    |
|    Re: Water in the tank - what chemical wi    |
|    12 Feb 23 10:32:34    |
      XPost: alt.home.repair, sci.chem       From: bobnospam@gmail.com              On 2/12/2023 10:29 AM, mike wrote:       > 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?              https://www.amazon.com/dry-gas-car/s?k=dry+gas+for+car              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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