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Straining Gasoline
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| Lorraine 2005-09-03, 6:21 pm |
| I have a 5-gallon container of gas that I use in my lawn mowers and portable
generator. I think (?) I inadvertently got some dirt in it before I filled it.
What is a good media to use as a strainer, are a couple of layers of cloth
adequate? TIA Lorraine
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| Gordon Richmond 2005-09-03, 7:21 pm |
| Go to a sporting goods store, and get a filter funnel for Coleman
naptha stoves. You may also be able to find a large plastic funnel
with a VERY fine mesh brass screen that is made for this purpose.
You can also strain gasoline through a piece of chamois leather.
Gordon Richmond
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| Martin Riddle 2005-09-03, 7:21 pm |
| A funnel, hose, and a auto gas filter will work dandy.
"Lorraine" <notme@nowhere.net> wrote in message news:ZMnSe.177869$5N3.38307@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> I have a 5-gallon container of gas that I use in my lawn mowers and portable
> generator. I think (?) I inadvertently got some dirt in it before I filled it.
> What is a good media to use as a strainer, are a couple of layers of cloth
> adequate? TIA Lorraine
>
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| nospam.clare.nce@sny.der.on.ca 2005-09-03, 11:21 pm |
| On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 22:12:12 GMT, "Martin Riddle"
<martinriddle@hotmail.com> wrote:
>A funnel, hose, and a auto gas filter will work dandy.
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>"Lorraine" <notme@nowhere.net> wrote in message news:ZMnSe.177869$5N3.38307@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
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Genuine Chamois leather is still about the simplest and most effective
- will separate water from fuel too IIRC.
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| Lorraine 2005-09-04, 12:21 am |
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<nospam.clare.nce@sny.der.on.ca> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 22:12:12 GMT, "Martin Riddle"
> <martinriddle@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Genuine Chamois leather is still about the simplest and most effective
> - will separate water from fuel too IIRC.
Thank you all for the many replies to my question, Lorraine.
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| Ulysses 2005-09-13, 2:24 pm |
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"Gordon Richmond" <richmond@telusplanet.net> wrote in message
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> Go to a sporting goods store, and get a filter funnel for Coleman
> naptha stoves.
Are you certain that Coleman fuel is Naptha? I've also heard it called
other solvents too. I'm just wondering what the stuff is, that's all. It
doesn't smell like Naptha to me. I thought maybe it's kerosene.
You may also be able to find a large plastic funnel
> with a VERY fine mesh brass screen that is made for this purpose.
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> You can also strain gasoline through a piece of chamois leather.
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> Gordon Richmond
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| Gordon Richmond 2005-09-13, 2:24 pm |
| You are riight, Ulysses.
I should have put "Naptha" in quotes.
Coleman fuel is also known as "white gas" in my part of the world.
It's pretty similar to motor fuel gasoline insofar as viscosity and
vapor pressure go, but it sure doesn't have the anit-knock properties
needed for modern engines.
Gordon Richmond
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| nospam.clare.nce@sny.der.on.ca 2005-09-13, 2:24 pm |
| On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 12:03:08 -0700, "Ulysses"
<therealulysses@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>"Gordon Richmond" <richmond@telusplanet.net> wrote in message
>news:097kh113lng8jv2musn1dnd87r17tkcbmk@4ax.com...
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>Are you certain that Coleman fuel is Naptha? I've also heard it called
>other solvents too. I'm just wondering what the stuff is, that's all. It
>doesn't smell like Naptha to me. I thought maybe it's kerosene.
It is "a light naptha" Naptha is a class of hydrocarbons, not a
specific formulation. Coleman fuel most definitely is NOT kerosene.
Coleman fuel is also known as "straight run gasoline" or "white gas"
depending where you are. It is very close to what motor fuel was back
in the teens.
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>You may also be able to find a large plastic funnel
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| JoeSixPack 2005-09-29, 4:21 pm |
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"Lorraine" <notme@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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>I have a 5-gallon container of gas that I use in my lawn mowers and
>portable
> generator. I think (?) I inadvertently got some dirt in it before I filled
> it.
> What is a good media to use as a strainer, are a couple of layers of cloth
> adequate? TIA Lorraine
>
In the old days, dirty gasoline was a fact of life. Nearly every tank had
water, dirt and rust in it. Running the gasoline thru a felt hat was the
best method at the time for removing everything but the gasoline. It stops
the water, along with anything else that is deliterious to the engine.
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| painless 2005-09-30, 9:21 am |
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"JoeSixPack" <olegp@telus.net> wrote in message
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> "Lorraine" <notme@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> In the old days, dirty gasoline was a fact of life. Nearly every tank had
> water, dirt and rust in it. Running the gasoline thru a felt hat was the
> best method at the time for removing everything but the gasoline. It
stops
> the water, along with anything else that is deliterious to the engine.
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Chamois is used in general aviation to strain fuel
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