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Old 12-27-2005 | 01:37 PM
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3dbob37n
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Default RE: Old fuel, split it or chuck it?

I don't know how many of you read the article in one of the rags, (can't remember which) but someone did a test to see if there was any truth to the old wives tale about water being bad for glow fuel. After much testing, using different quantities of water being put into the fuel, the tester could find no difference in engine operation until he got way up to 25% water in the fuel. I think the story appeared in one of the rags last year but not sure.
The result was that the quanties of water that might be in our fuel had to effect.
But, what about the rest of the stuff? What happens to the nitro or the oil?
Obviously, if there is the same quantity of fuel in the can as there was several years ago, then it tells me there was no evaporation and especially with the new plugs and caps that we have no days.

3dbob