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Thursday, March 24, 2011

How to get rid of water in the tank car

The water in the tank car can bring a lot of trouble. Especially diesel vehicles and fuel-injected engine. Actually the engine water will survive, but will fail or high pressure fuel pump (high pressure fuel pump), or fuel injection system.

Especially scary water in the tank in the winter. The water is not mixed with gasoline in a calm state and accumulates at the bottom of tank. If the driver applies to the fans to spend every last drop of petrol, then sooner or later fall into the water benzoprovod. And there may just freeze, blocking the path of gasoline. And another way to get rid of water (or rather have the ice), or how to put the car in a warm box, will be gone. And again, the water will go to the engine, with the possible most unpleasant consequences. The driver, thinking that it just ran out of gas, it will fill the fuel tank, and vainly tries to start the car.
But be that as the owner tried, in his gas tank must have water, although 50-100 grams, but there is. And how carefully did not lead themselves, and sometimes there are situations when the remaining fuel warning light illuminates, and to a decent fueling more than a dozen kilometers ... Therefore, we should get rid of water, especially before the cold weather.
And get rid of water in the tank is quite simple. Water, as I said, practically does not mix with gasoline. But it is well mixed with alcohol! Virtually anyone, ethyl, methyl, isopropyl ... The main thing is that he has not already been diluted. However, the degree of water content in alcohol can easily check it ignites. Pure alcohol burns almost invisible flame. Therefore, that would dilute the water in the tank, you must fill it 200-500 milliliters of pure alcohol. Mixed with water forms a mixture of alcohol, according to the same density as gasoline. And this mix is, firstly, do not freeze to death, and second - no problem for the engine passes the entire fuel system and burned as conventional fuels. More so, its amount is negligible compared to gasoline.
Thus, filling the fuel tank each fall to 0.2 liters of alcohol, you are guaranteed that you will not have problems because of the water in the tank.

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