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echo: tech
to: MIKE ROSS
from: mark lewis
date: 2004-03-04 19:17:12
subject: Re: gas additive

WC>> Look for "Octane booster" at a discount auto shop.
 WC>> Consisting of alcohol it bonds with the water.

 ml>> hummm... wonder, then, if just adding some alcohol to the
 ml>> gas would also do similar in the bonding with the water to
 ml>> carry it out??

 MR> Beware! There are many kinds of "alcohols". The one mentioned
 MR> as gasline anti-freeze was methyl. If you use isopropyl aka
 MR> rubbing alcohol you will be in for a nasty surprise with
 MR> clogged parts! However, I remember in the movie "Pink
 MR> Submarine" (with Kelsey Grammar as Cpt.) during an emergency
 MR> the chief engineer poured some fine whisky (ethyl) into the
 MR> diesel to thin it out some. Did anyone mention gasahol?

thanks for that reminder... i was actually thinking of methanol rather than
medicinal ;-)

)\/(ark

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