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'Dry Gas' is alcohol, it will burn off

mike


"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOTcomn> wrote in message
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> "Gord Beaman" <gord@islandtelecom.com> wrote in message
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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
>>>>>tank
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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,
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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).
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>> 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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> I'm no expert on home oil fired heaters although we had one in our last
> house. I don't know how quickly the fuel oil moves through the line, but
> I imagine that one of the reasons that the tank has to be inclined toward
> the feed end is so that any water that has accumulated in the tank will
> get purged through the line. I've never heard of a home heating oil
> system having a frozen line, so I suspect that the any moisture buildup is
> not enough to freeze up. My brother in law lives outside of Portland,
> Maine, and his tank is outside the house. I've never heard him mention
> any problems with fuel delivery. I don't think a home heating oil system
> has any rubber lines or gaskets since everything has a flared or
> compression fitting, so using "dry gas" should be ok from a rubber
> standpoint but I don't know how it would perform in the burner.
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> Ray O
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