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Originally Posted by RogerM
Plain old methylated spirits will do the job as well.
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I'd heard this a few times in the past but never tried it in a fuel tank.
One day I filled a couple of glass jam jars, one with diesel one with petrol & put a small drop of water in both (goes to the bottom), added a bit of Meths & nothing happened, shook it & the water droplet broke into many small ones but the next day the water was still there, added lots of Meths & shook again, same results the water droplets didn't disappear so I just left them sitting, I don't remember how long but eventually I decided Meths wasn't going to do anything to the water.
Now I'm not saying this means it doesn't work in other situations but I don't see how what I tried is much different to a fuel tank or drum with water in it.
Maybe I didn't have the correct Methylated spirit? Maybe the water/fuel ratio was too high?
It's a really easy thing to try if you don't believe me, in fact I'd like someone else to try it just to confirm what I found.
I'll try the same thing with alcohol & see what happens.
EDIT- Ok I've just read DRrambler's post above who explains that Meths doesn't get water out of fuel (Methyl Hydrate = Methylated Spirits, so many names in different countrys).
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