Hi mark.

03-Mar-04 23:38:54, mark lewis wrote to all

 ml> is there something that can be added to gas to remove or convert
 ml> water to something that won't drown out an engine?

There may be something that will convert water to alcohol but I think the
reaction is slow. (methyl hydrate might be that, OTOH it could just be
mwthanol)

 ml> i seem to recall something somewhere that would affect any water and
 ml> chemically combine with it to make something that would either burn
 ml> with the gas or at least flow out without drowning the engine..

Alcohol (methanol or ethanol) will absorb some water and still burn. also
kerosene will mix with water but I'm not sure how well it'll burn in a
gasoline engine.  Some manufacturers don't reccomend burning fuel
containing ethanol in their engines, dunno what they say about methanol.

 ml> the problem is a 5gal black plastic tank on a generator that
 ml> appears to condensate quite a bit and i'm about tired of having to
 ml> drain the tank and disassemble some of the gas flow stuff to flush
 ml> out all the water just to get the damned thing running..

Completely fill the tank before stowing the generator. that'll reduce the
ammount of "breathing" the fuel tank does as the temperature changes,
and therefore reduce the amount of moisture that finds its way inside the
tank.

 -=> Bye <=-

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