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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
Woozy Song <suzyw0ng@outlook.com> wrote:
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.
Yes, this works very well if you have small amounts of water in the gas, not so well if you have a whole lot of water in the gas.
These days it's superfluous, though, since we have ethanol in the gasoline already and this will get water into solution. Unfortunately the original poster probably has gasohol that is already saturated with water, so the
best thing to do is pump as much out as possible and then refill with clean gasoline, and hope the ethanol in the clean gasoline gets as much as possible of the water into solution.
--scott
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.
No, it's standard practice. There are fuel additives such as Heet and
Ban-Ice that are composed of methanol, for exactly that purpose. If your
area gets below-freezing temps, it's a good idea to add some to your gas
at least every fall to dry out the tank and fuel lines of water and ice.
A liter sounds a bit much. The additive label tells you how much to use
for how much gas.
If your gas contains ethanol, that may also accomplish the same purpose.
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.
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.
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