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Rubbing alcohol is 70% isopropyl alcohol, so you wouldn't use it since it contains some water. Use 99% isopropyl alcohol instead.
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Can you put rubbing alcohol in your gas tank?
yes it evaporates
Have you ever heard of putting denatured alcohol in with fuel of car?
It has to be the right kind. Rubbing alcohol doesn't do anything. Pure alcohol can absorb like one fourth it's volume of water. That is basicly what the product Heat is. It get the water out of the tank and allows it to be burned with the gas. Rubbing Alcohol already has water in it and can't absorb any more.
Water in gas in a 1997 jeep Cherokee lardo?
how much water a lot or a little if a little add rubbing alcohol with a tank of gas a lot have the tank drained and a bottle on the first fill up alcohol wil mix with gas where gas dose not mix with water and this is the main thing in all the expensive fuel drys
How do you remove diesel residue from a water tank?
Wash it first with alcohol, and then with Dawn dish soap and let it dry completely
How do you drain the water from the fuel in a Ford F-250?
Depends on how much is in there, if just a little, put some rubbing alcohol in there and it will remove it as you drive, or you can try a siphon. if you really stuck a garden hose in there, i would take the fuel filter off and turn the key forward and let the fuel pump all the water out till you get down to gas. as you know gas flots on water, and the fuel pump sucks from the bottom of the tank, so it will suck water first, then gas. have fun If this is a power stroke and the water in fuel light is on their is a drain petcock located behind the fuel filter apparatus that will drain your water from the water seperator check your power stroke owners manual, the exact directions are there.Do this as soon as safely possible when light comes on you can perform this anywhere with no tools required.WARNING::: Rubbing alcohol (Isopropyl rubbing alcohol) same kind used for cuts,scrapes should not be put in to your fuel system at all,the active ingredient is 70%Isopropyl alcohol BUT the inactive ingredient is 30% WATER...so by placing as small bottle of rubbing alcohol into the fuel system you are also adding more WATER into the system....Isopropyl alcohol is a major ingredient in the "gas dryer"type fuel additives that are designed to remove water from the fuel system HOWEVER these gas dryer additives do not contain any water what so ever unlike common rubbing alcohol..By adding a 16oz bottle of common isopropyl rubbing alcohol(70%/30%) into the fuel system you are also adding 4.8 ounces of WATER.....which defeats the purpose since you are adding more water to the water you wish to remove in the first place..just spend the extra $1.25 and purchase the correct fuel additive.
How can you get bad gas out of your car?
Add 1 bottle of ordinary rubbing alcohol to the tank. If The Bad gas is just gas that has water in it, then the alcohol will allow the water to "burn" with the gas. == == The best way to do it is kind of a pain. Take the tank off and dump the bad gas out. While the tanks off would be a good time to flush it out too. You can use a ordinary garden hose and siphone the gas out of the tank.
Will water mess up your engine if it is put in your gas tank?
all it will do is kill your engine if alot of it gets sucked up by your fuel pump, or else it will cause your exhaust to appear a little bit white until all of the water is burned off. but if you want to remove it, use seafoam which you can buy at schucks, napa, or autozone, or just put a bottle of rubbing alcohol into your gas tank and run it.
Can you put rubbing alcohol in gass tank of truck?
no..it will burn up your valves and will probably blow your truck up.but i do recommend a capfull to a full tank once a month
What happens if you get water in your gas tank?
remove the fuel tank and drain the water
How do you get water out of a full gas tank?
poor as close to 100rubbing alchahal in it and wait a week this will cause the water to evaporate Actually, rubbing alcohol will do you no good. It already has water in it. The gas line antifreeze Heat or other gas dryer additives are alcohol without the water. The molecules of alcohol are big enough that they bond with the molecules of water and are burned with the gas. That is fine for small amounts of water. How much is in the tank. Some tanks have a drain plug in the bottom of them and since oil or gas floats on water you could get it out that way. The pick up tube is on the bottom of the tank also, so you could take the line loose from the fuel pump and siphon the water out that way.
How do you get water out of an 87 corvette gas tank?
Remove the tank from the car.
How do you remove water from diesel in tank?
if you can run the tank low. pour a couple of bottles of rubbing alcohol in the tank. this will mix with the water, making it burnable. finish filling the tank with diesel. then plow your heart out . . some fuel tanks have a drain on the bottom and you can remove and drain fuel, and open the water separator drain on the filter housing. i would change the fuel filters and fill with clean diesel. you can also remove the fuel line after the pump to let it pump the tank dry or just drop the fuel tank and clean it out like that I WOULD NOT USE ALCOHOL TO MAKE WATER MIX AND GO THROUGH A DIESEL ENGINE LIKE YOU WOULD WITH A GAS ENGINE. More information as to what you are working on would allow for a more detailed answer. coop. Hi there Water in the diesel or what is sometimes known as 'diesel bug' can be an issue in most cases its simply involves undoing a drain plug on the diesel fuel filter, there is also a great product which can prevent this and also improves performance and prevents such problems occuring in the first place more can be found on this here http://www.aquasolve.co.uk
