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To: Marinario

It only takes a cup of water to disable a modern engine....


2 posted on 07/20/2020 12:06:11 PM PDT by davidb56
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To: davidb56

Lol


4 posted on 07/20/2020 12:07:34 PM PDT by Marinario
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To: davidb56
It only takes a cup of water to disable a modern engine....

... so add a little sugar?

7 posted on 07/20/2020 12:14:38 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: davidb56; Marinario

“It only takes a cup of water to disable a modern engine....”

exactly ... so it’s total nonsense that when you put gasoline in your car in venezuela, it’s mostly water ...


12 posted on 07/20/2020 1:35:46 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: davidb56
Yep, contemporary engines are definitely not water tolerant! This has not always been the case though.

Through the first half of the 20th century, when you got out into the oil fields “drip gasoline” was not uncommon. This condensate was drained from drop legs on natural gas lines running from the well head. Many a rural and oilfield family or teenager would run the family car or truck on it on occasion.

In the mid-60s my father and I ran out of gas in Pawnee County Oklahoma. An oilfield pumper stopped to help and offered us some drip gas. So, we poured a couple of gallons into the Mercury. The car started up but missed and smoked like crazy plus the exhaust was quite a stink from the high sulfur. However, we didn’t have to walk 5 miles to town! Lol.... I’ve wondered of the knock sensor on contemporary engines would tweak the engine tune enough to handle drop gas?

14 posted on 07/20/2020 2:20:18 PM PDT by Hootowl99
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