XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   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    
   >>>> 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.   
   >>    
   >    
   > Thank you so much!   
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