Old Gasoline
We are about to buy a class c that has a Ford V-10. this unit is a 2008 with only 8000 miles on it, but has been setting in a building for 3 years with a full tank of gasoline. The engine starts and r...
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ron.dittmer wrote:Dusty R wrote:Also consider that the 10% ethanol in all of today's fuel is a natural gas line anti-freeze which removes water. Gas-line anti-freeze is a product no longer applicable these days. Why add 8 ounces of the product when you already have gallons of it in every tank full.
Also because fuel tanks in todays vehicles do not breath/change air like in the past, you're not as likely to have water in the tank.
That statement is not accurate.
Ethanol is hygroscopic; it attracts water, to the point that it will pull it out of the air. It doesn’t remove water, if anything it adds moisture, what will do though is hold relatively small amounts in suspension where it can hopefully be passed through the fuel system and be burned off.
