Originally Posted by
Recycled Flyer
But you initially purchase kero and castor in plastic containers anyway so I am struggling to see your point about further degradation of those in said plastic containers.
(Does the ether combine with the kero and oil enough to be permeated along with it through plastic?)
IPN, well yeah.
For me there are too many variables (apart from the science experiment bit) to give any other answer than "when in doubt, chuck it out," and only premix what you intend to use straight away.
Thanks.
I wouldn't hesitate to pour suspect diesel fuel on the weeds in the garden. It's just that our North American friends seem to want to persist with rejuvenating it.
I'm also dubious about the notion that fuel looses it's ether in storage and needs constant topping up. In our vibrant local diesel community the phenomenon is completely unreported.
But then we don't have much above a Litre of mixed fuel at any time.
I'd really like someone to weight some suspect stuff so we could test the theory.
Castor mixed in fuel (or otherwise) seems fairly vulnerable to drops in air temperature. It seems to develop white flakes if it's allowed to drop to single figure temperature. It can also go rancid over time. Perhaps this explains the flakes?
It's also said that the top half of a 5 Litre container of Castrol M is better than the bottom.
There's so many questions raised by a simple situation.