Poorboy
24.05.2021 2:10:16
Drive your car as usual. If you had only slight amounts of water in the fuel tank, the IPA will have soaked it up without significantly affecting combustion, and will burn away with the fuel. here
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Drive your car as usual. If you had only slight amounts of water in the fuel tank, the IPA will have soaked it up without significantly affecting combustion, and will burn away with the fuel. here
Consider siphoning or pumping the fuel and water out of your gas tank if you continue to have problems--the IPA may not have absorbed all the water, and adding more IPA will disrupt the combustion process. If you do decide to siphon the fuel and water mixture out, siphon it into a clear container. [links]
It's difficult to determine how water gets into a vehicle's gas tank, but once it's there explanations are almost irrelevant. The most critical issue is how to remove the water from your vehicle's gas tank so that your vehicle will run well again. You can purchase commercial dry-fuel additives for this, or use the main ingredient in most of those additives, dry isopropanol alcohol, yourself.
Add dry isopropanol alcohol (IPA) to your fuel tank at a ratio of about 1/2 ounce of IPA per gallon of water-contaminated fuel. more
Let the contaminated gas sit until it separates. You'll be able to easily see the layer of clear water underneath the gasoline; it sank because it's heavier than gas. more
Is your water/fuel separated a bowl type you can drain? If so, check the bowl, if not replace the one you have & dump the gas out of the old one into a glass jar. Let it sit overnight. [links]
Re: How long for water to separate out of gas? [links]
Re: How long for water to separate out of gas?
Overnight should do it. How much gas are we talking about? You should be able to take a sample from the bottom of the container and put in a glass jar and see the water on the bottom.
Re: How long for water to separate out of gas? more
Dave wrote - The problem of water in gasoline seems to be fairly common in the U.S. The auto places sell a lot of Heet in the winter (Heet is a water-getter consisting primarily of methanol). I've had a problem with gas line freeze up in virtually every car I've owned. Of course I've always looked for the cheaper gas, which may be my problem. I told my son that from now on he's to buy the good brand name stuff, 92 octane.
Rob responded - One possible cause of water in the gas is simply the climate. When you have wet conditions you do get overnight condensation in the fuel tank -- water droplets in the fuel. There are a lot of posts about rusty fuel tanks, and this is usually the problem (rust on the inside, not the outside). more
Trying to solve the hesitation problem in his '73 Super Beetle, Dave picked Rob's brain on this (and many other!) subjects. What follows is a "conversation" between Dave and Rob regarding the subject of water in the gas.
Occasionally, filling a fuel tank results in water being introduced into the fuel system. This happens when a service station storage tank develops a leak and ground water seeps in. Water is heavier than gasoline and sinks to the bottom of the car's gas tank. When this happens, the fuel pump distributes the water throughout the fuel lines and to the fuel injectors. This quickly locks the engine and causes it to stop running. Completely removing all of the water is the only option.
Drain the fuel tank. If the fuel tank has a drain plug, remove it with a wrench and drain the fuel and water mixture into suitable containers. If not, remove the fuel tank straps with a socket wrench and use a jack lower the fuel tank. Remove the fuel line hoses with a screwdriver, disconnect the electrical connector that powers the fuel pump, and pull the tank from under the car. more
Raise the hood of the car, and use a wrench to disconnect the car's negative battery cable. Jack up the rear of the car, and install jack stands under the frame.