Re: water in gas - maybe

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

>WEstphal50, in AD 1098, wrote:
>
>"Thanks to all who replied.
>
>I'll suggest everyone avoid ARCO - I'm very sure I have water in my gas
>thanks to a few fillups at ARCO.  Water comes out of the exhaust on startup -
>and it's DRY here in California right now.
>
>I put some STP anti water additive in the tank along with some Techron, 5
>gallons of Chevron, and some 104 Octane booster.  The $64 question is:  where
>does the water go when the Anti-Water STP additive attacks it ?

The "Dry-Gas" is either methanol or iso-propanol. The water mixes with it,
and it all mixes with the gasoline, and goes on throught the fuel system
and the engine. You are likely paying quite a bit for marketing expenses if
you buy your methanol with the STP label on it!

Greg

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