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What I found lurking at the bottom of the fuel tank
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Author:  FNQ [ Mon May 28, 2012 10:07 am ]
Post subject:  What I found lurking at the bottom of the fuel tank
Emptying and cleaning out fuel tank on weekend, expecting a bit of silt, rust etc.

Found clean fuel but sitting at bottom found a 'blob' - almost mercury like in its quality -

looks like all the garbage -flocculent treated.

I did have some stale fuel problems - is this the lacquer?
Interesting .

Link to short video WARNING 5MB (sorry about size)
http://s1060.photobucket.com/albums/t446/FNQ2012/?action=view&current=fuelsediment.mp4
Author:  simon k [ Mon May 28, 2012 10:24 am ]
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is it self-aware?
Author:  Timbo [ Mon May 28, 2012 11:12 am ]
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Its water. Water and fuel won't mix (very much) so it stays as a seperate blob in the bottom of the tank. Its quite harmful because bacteria that break down fuel live in it. They eat fuel and excrete acid which rusts tanks out extra fast. I've seen sections of fuel tanks off ships where they'd eaten right through the steel of the tank. Of course its also bad when a big blob of i it gets into the engine. You can get rid of it by adding methylated spirits to the fuel which lets it emulsify into the petrol and disappear - or maybe just use E10 now and then?

Tim
Author:  simon k [ Mon May 28, 2012 11:21 am ]
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bugger - I thought it might've been a new lifeform....
Author:  FNQ [ Mon May 28, 2012 12:01 pm ]
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+1 for the new lifeform ( it has more personality that some people i know)

thanks tim , i do add metho from time to time (one for the tank , one for me..just kidding)
Author:  AWOODY [ Mon May 28, 2012 4:27 pm ]
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Flubber !!!
Author:  Timbo [ Mon May 28, 2012 5:26 pm ]
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FNQ wrote:
+1 for the new lifeform ( it has more personality that some people i know)

thanks tim , i do add metho from time to time (one for the tank , one for me..just kidding)


It must be pretty bad if its building up like that even though you are using metho. I guess its the humidity in the north that causes the problem, the only time it seems to happen down here is if you leave the fuel cap off. :lol:

If its getting through to the engine you'll need a pretty good filter to trap it, which will need to be cleaned or replaced fairly often.

Tim
Author:  M-JAY [ Mon May 28, 2012 8:36 pm ]
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I found half a dozen screw on funnel extensions in my current Minis tank when I bought it. His kids must have been playing postie.
Author:  phillb [ Mon May 28, 2012 9:41 pm ]
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Image
Author:  simon k [ Mon May 28, 2012 11:51 pm ]
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phillb wrote:
Image


that's what I reckon it really is.... it's even the same colour
Author:  TheMiniMan [ Tue May 29, 2012 8:53 am ]
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ha ha, that was a great movie, i remember when it first came out , i was actually scared & couldn`t sleep that night :-)
Author:  simon k [ Tue May 29, 2012 11:08 am ]
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TheMiniMan wrote:
ha ha, that was a great movie, i remember when it first came out , i was actually scared & couldn`t sleep that night :-)


I was like that with 'ghostbusters' :lol:
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