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This Cold = Dry Gas Tme

Started by mad vmax, Jan 14 2009 08:03 AM

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#1 mad vmax

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 08:03 AM

Time to top off tanks with a little dry gas next few days. This is the time when a lot of calls come in for frozen fuel lines.

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 08:57 AM

View Postmad vmax, on Jan 14 2009, 08:03 AM, said:

Time to top off tanks with a little dry gas next few days. This is the time when a lot of calls come in for frozen fuel lines.


DO NOT USE DRYGAS WITH THE E-10 BLEND WE ARE NOW GETTING.

Prior to this fall most of the fuel up north was delivered from Portland therefore had no ethanol mixed and the red bottle (iso) was appropriate but with a 10% mix of alcohol already coming whether it's from Portland or Revere now you should not add any more.

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 10:09 AM

View PostLegend700, on Jan 14 2009, 09:57 AM, said:

DO NOT USE DRYGAS WITH THE E-10 BLEND WE ARE NOW GETTING.

Prior to this fall most of the fuel up north was delivered from Portland therefore had no ethanol mixed and the red bottle (iso) was appropriate but with a 10% mix of alcohol already coming whether it's from Portland or Revere now you should not add any more.

So your saying the gas already contains enough alcohol to not freeze?
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Posted 14 January 2009 - 10:37 AM

View PostSabercat, on Jan 14 2009, 10:09 AM, said:

So your saying the gas already contains enough alcohol to not freeze?
I guess if there's enough ethanol already in there I won't add any more, just top off the tank. Still stuck on old school because two years ago fuel pump iced up and fried at Indian mound hardware cost me over $300 to pull tank,flush,and replace fuel pump.

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 12:03 PM

cold time isn't condensation time...

If your concerned about possible water contamination look into a "chemical sock" which was a bag with crystals that would absorb water & hold them in the bag....

Not sure of the marketed name & last place I saw them was on SDR's accessories table years back.

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 12:06 PM

View PostPureYamaha-CG, on Jan 14 2009, 01:03 PM, said:

cold time isn't condensation time...

If your concerned about possible water contamination look into a "chemical sock" which was a bag with crystals that would absorb water & hold them in the bag....

Not sure of the marketed name & last place I saw them was on SDR's accessories table years back.


Would that be the Flitch Fuel Catalyst?
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Posted 14 January 2009 - 12:32 PM

View PostSabercat, on Jan 14 2009, 01:06 PM, said:

Would that be the Flitch Fuel Catalyst?


NO, it was a synthetic sock 1" diameter 3" long that had small sized 1/16" water absorbant pellets inside of it...

Kind of like the moisture absorbant chemical can thats sold to absorb moisture in gun safes

Edited by PureYamaha-CG, 15 January 2009 - 03:33 AM.

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 01:13 PM

View PostPureYamaha-CG, on Jan 14 2009, 01:32 PM, said:

NO, it was a synthetic sock 1" diameter 3" long that had small sized 1/16" water absorbant pellets inside of it...

Kind of like the moisture absorbant chemical can thats sold to absorb moisture in gun safes

Why are you yelling?
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Posted 14 January 2009 - 03:10 PM

View PostSabercat, on Jan 14 2009, 10:09 AM, said:

So your saying the gas already contains enough alcohol to not freeze?

Correct.

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 03:13 PM

View PostLegend700, on Jan 14 2009, 03:10 PM, said:

Correct.

As long as you burn through it within 2 weeks, after that it turns to moisture and freezes!
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Posted 14 January 2009 - 03:16 PM

Their called Bucky Balls or molecular sives. They pull water out of liquids. Some of them, you can reactuate by heating them up to drive the moisture back out and then reuse them.

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 09:06 PM

The ethanol added gas appears to be all over NH now. I noticed that when I check under my gas cap when refilling I no longer see any frost from moisture. I agree no more red bottle (iso). Hope there are no adverse side effects from the ethanol like O ring swelling.

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 09:16 PM

Darn, I bought a seasons worth of Isopropryl back in November. Oh well. I still put some in before I left after christmas given it was going to be a few weeks before I got back up.
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Posted 14 January 2009 - 09:45 PM

I just picked up a case of STAR-TRON

star tron

Edited by wigga, 14 January 2009 - 09:49 PM.

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 11:25 PM

View Postwigga, on Jan 14 2009, 09:45 PM, said:

I just picked up a case of STAR-TRON

star tron

Real good stuff!
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Posted 15 January 2009 - 09:33 AM

View Postwigga, on Jan 14 2009, 10:45 PM, said:

I just picked up a case of STAR-TRON

star tron

Our Harley dearler even recommends that stuff too !
We use it :good:
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Posted 15 January 2009 - 02:00 PM

Im gonna try the K-100. I talked to them and they said there is no alcohol in their product so we will see how it fairs.

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Posted 15 January 2009 - 09:29 PM

I read over on the Maine forum to use Marine Formula Sta-Bil. It's an Ethanol Treatment. Recommended for use at every fill up. One ounce for every 10 gallons. Found it at Walmart for $20. I'll see how that runs...
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