Re: water in gas tank

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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