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Testing the Testing of Mogas
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message ps.com... others have already commented on the alka seltzer chemisty, but a simpler and quantitative way of measuring how much alcohol is in the fuel is to simply mix it with water. Try 9 parts of fuel to 1 part of water in a graduated cylinder. the alcohol will migrate to the water phase so you will see an increase in the height of the water layer at the bottom and a decrease in the height of the fuel layer if there is significant amount of alcohol.. Does this mean that you can use water to REMOVE alcohol from mogas? Fill the mighty grape. Pour in a gallon of water. Drive around to mix. Drain the water. Ta-Da. Al G |
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Testing the Testing of Mogas
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Testing the Testing of Mogas
"Al" wrote in message ... "Jay Honeck" wrote in message ps.com... others have already commented on the alka seltzer chemisty, but a simpler and quantitative way of measuring how much alcohol is in the fuel is to simply mix it with water. Try 9 parts of fuel to 1 part of water in a graduated cylinder. the alcohol will migrate to the water phase so you will see an increase in the height of the water layer at the bottom and a decrease in the height of the fuel layer if there is significant amount of alcohol.. Does this mean that you can use water to REMOVE alcohol from mogas? I guess it does but I wouldnt reccommend this to anyone. Interestingly we had a major fuel contamination issue in australia in 2000 which grounded half the GA fleet , a corrosion inhibitor , diethylamine which was supposed to be washed out of the fuel before sale, wasnt removed properly . it reacted with brass in the fuel systems to form a black gunk which caused some engine failures. fortunately no one was hurt ( other than financially). the solution was to just wash the stuff out with water. terry |
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