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

is it self-aware?

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

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

bugger - I thought it might've been a new lifeform....

+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)

Flubber !!!

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That's why it's good to be.............ME

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.

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

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

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.

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TOO MANY MINIS AND NOT ENOUGH TIME

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68 Morris Cooper S Mk1 (*ex 78 1275 LS 4th last built, 70 Morris 1500 OHC & 70 MiniMatic)

that's what I reckon it really is.... it's even the same colour

ha ha, that was a great movie, i remember when it first came out , i was actually scared & couldn`t sleep that night

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

I was like that with 'ghostbusters'