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A bit of friendly advice about fuel system 'dryer'.... 120-130

posted by  Ron Kwas on  Tue Jan 18 10:25 CST 2005
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....for those located in the “winter hemisphere”.

Use fuel system “dryer” now, with every fill-up, and until temperatures return to above freezing!

We recently had an unusual heat wave with rain and very high moisture conditions (ground fog) followed by temperature crash to seasonal (way below 0F) conditions here in southern New England, which reminded me: Those are the OPTIMAL conditions for getting condensed water in fuel tanks, from the one in your car to the one at the petrol station, both which are vented to the atmosphere!

What does fuel line dryer do? The mechanism by which alcohol fuel system dryers work is quite simple. Water, which cannot mix with fuel, and would normally stick around on the bottom of the tank and accumulate (causing rust!), IS able to mix with the methanol. It is (only) then able to mix with the fuel and be transported through the system, to be consumed (in small doses) along with the fuel (fuel system dryer DOES NOT make the water miraculously disappear!).

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