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"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOTcomn> wrote:
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>"Gord Beaman" <gord@islandtelecom.com> wrote in message
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>> "slatt333" <slatt333@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>okay, will follow your advice---just hope I never get water in the gas
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>> Which raises a question...you can add 'gas line antifreeze' to
>> your automobile fuel tank in the winter...this 'handles' the
>> problem of a frozen fuel line. How does that work?, does the
>> substance mix with any water in the line and prevent it from
>> freezing?, or does it cause the water to be consumed somehow?...
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>> -Gord.
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>Yes and yes. Water doesn't mix with gas but it does mix with alcohol, which
>has a lower freezing temp than straight water. The water/alcohol then gets
>burned in the engine. The alcohol also has a tendency to eat rubber, which
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Ok Ray fine...now another (although slightly OT). I'm selling my
house, our laws force me to have a 'tagged oil tank', (inspected,
lifed etc). I had to replace it, the rules specify that the new
one must be slightly inclined down toward the feed end, the
outlet is now on the very bottom of the tank (not the 'end' and
there's no filter there (it's on the furnace inside the house).
In other words, there's no place for any water to go but into the
line where it gets trapped (Of necessity the feed line is
outside the house and the lowest (outside) point in the system).

Now then, can one use 'gas line antifreeze' in a home heating
furnace oil tank?...I think it'd be ok but I'd like your (and any
other) opinion. Thanks.


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-Gord.
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