XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: am@yellowjersey.org   
      
   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   
   >>> it was gas.   
   >>> I disconnected the fuel filler hose and used the opening   
   >>> on the tank to   
   >>> pump  everything out where the last gallon was 90% water   
   >>> & about 10% gas.   
   >>>   
   >>> Since I've never done this before, what's a good way to   
   >>> proceed?   
   >>> Should I replace the fuel filter? What does water do to a   
   >>> fuel filter?   
   >>>   
   >>> Now that the fuel tank is completely dry, should I run   
   >>> the engine with the   
   >>> water that must still be in the lines?   
   >>>   
   >>> Should I run only one gallon at first - and then when   
   >>> empty, add the rest   
   >>> of the 18 gallons?   
   >>>   
   >>> How do you approach this situation after pumping the fuel   
   >>> tank dry?   
   >>   
   >> One of those bush survival TV shows said put a litre of   
   >> methylated   
   >> spirits (denatured alcohol) in the tank, which blends with   
   >> the water.   
   >> Never tried it myself, sounds a little dodgy.   
   >   
   > Used to be standard.  I've done it.  I remember putting   
   > perhaps a gallon of the drained water/gas mixture in a glass   
   > bottle and taking it back to the gas station and screaming   
   > at the attendant.   
   >   
   > I don't remember how much denatured alcohol ("gas dryer") we   
   > used or how well it worked, but I know we drove that van   
   > across the country a couple of times afterward.  We still   
   > have it, in fact.  1960 Dodge van.   
   >   
      
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