Posted by Dave41A on January 07, 2021 at 07:53:04 from (71.161.68.213):
In Reply to: Gasoline question posted by rrman61 on January 06, 2021 at 11:45:18:
I raised a big fuss here when I suggested this earlier, but what I do is remove the ethanol from my gas *before* putting it in the tractor. The easiest way to do this is with a outboard motor tank, which has the suction on the bottom.
Put 5 gal gas in the tank, and then add 1/2 gallon of water. Put the cap on, shake vigorously for one minute, and let set overnight.
The next day, with the tank setting level, the ethanol/water will have settled out on the bottom. The gas floating on top will be DRY (no water, no ethanol). If you start with regular (87 octane) you will end up with ~84 octane, which is more than fine for old tractors.
You'll end up with maybe 4.5 gallons of gas and 1 gallon of water/ethanol "vodka." As I do not know who else may be reading this, do NOT drink this!
I used to work at a military fuels testing lab and the head chemist tested this for me using his equipment, measuring both for ethanol and water. The ethanol was removed to the parts-per-million level. The pure gasoline had even less entrained water in it than diesel fuel--also at the parts-per-million level. Link posted to how others this. I'll see if I can find my old test results and post them here. I have run this fuel for several years now and it runs great.
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