Fuel Drip Containment -- My Solution

[Jim Weir]

I thought about this one for a while, and thanks to all of you who chimed in.
Between the lot of you, I came up to what is an optimal solution for me.

In the first place, I am clumsy. I can trip over my own shadow. If there was a
way for me to kick a can over and spill all the trapped gasoline, I would.

In the second place, I am one with Ron Natalie who opined that liquid gas is a
hell of a lot safer than gas fumes. The problem then is not to evaporate the
spill, but to contain it.

So down I goes to the local Auto Zone and there staring me in the face is a
small (5 quart) oil change drip pan -- the round "pancake" style. There in the
center of the pancake is a small round "oil drip" hole just made to put a funnel
into.

Viola. Problem solved. You can't kick over something that is a foot in
diameter and 2 inches tall. You have a capped pour spout at the end to pour the
liquid gas into your lawnmower. You could fill it with dishwasher soap and
water to emulsify the fuel if you wished. You could fill it with half a quart
of used oil and let the fuel absorb into the oil with a much lower flash point
and practically zero evaporation.

Thanks to all...

Jim
Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

[Ben Jackson]

In article >,
Jim Weir > wrote:
>You could fill it with dishwasher soap and
>water to emulsify the fuel if you wished.

I love the smell of napalm in the morning!

--
Ben Jackson
>
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[G.R. Patterson III]

Jim Weir wrote:
>
> You could fill it with half a quart
> of used oil and let the fuel absorb into the oil with a much lower flash point
> and practically zero evaporation.

And in this neck of the woods, you could haul the result to the oil recycling
station.

George Patterson
You can dress a hog in a tuxedo, but he still wants to roll in the mud.

[David Lesher]

Jim Weir > writes:


>water to emulsify the fuel if you wished. You could fill it with half a quart
>of used oil and let the fuel absorb into the oil with a much lower flash point
>and practically zero evaporation.

Much HIGHER flash point.... straight gasoline has a flash point of ~~-40;
Diesel fuel is ~110F.
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[Ben Sego]

Ben Jackson wrote:
> In article >,
> Jim Weir > wrote:
>
>>You could fill it with dishwasher soap and
>>water to emulsify the fuel if you wished.
>
>
> I love the smell of napalm in the morning!
>
You know, I ran in to Robert Duvall the other day in a local restaurant.
I understand that still, after all these years, and all those movies,
people still come up and say that line to him. I also understand he's
kinda tired of it. So I didn't say it.

Ben "back again" Sego