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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 17:55:55 GMT
Has a weird smell. If I'm honest, not what I was expecting at all. I'd place the stench nearer to white spirit rather than petroleum.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 17:58:01 GMT
It's good with a splash of tonic water I find....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 18:05:03 GMT
Vodka any good in it too?
In the mood to party haaard.
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Post by listey on Oct 31, 2015 19:16:38 GMT
Are you just wanting the aspen for storage?
Remember, you can remove ethanol from pump fuel easy enough if you need a regular supply of clean petrol.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 19:25:15 GMT
Tell us more Listey.
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Post by listey on Oct 31, 2015 19:49:33 GMT
Put up a post about it ages ago in another thread.
Add some water to pump fuel and agitate well (fish tank aerator is perfect for the job), the ethanol's miscible with water so will be absorbed but the petrol won't.
Once settled, the petrol and water/ethanol mix will separate, water on the bottom and neat petrol on the top.
Syphon/Drain off the water and you have good ethanol-free fuel.
Easy to do with some 5 gallon drums (a tap on the bottom makes life easy)
Add a couple of litres of water for 5 of fuel.
If storing fuel, make sure you fill your sealed cans/drums up full so the octanes have nowhere to evaporate to.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 19:55:01 GMT
I bet you got and A+ in chemistry at school....
For some reason (and no matter how much I slap myself) I switch off after the first two sentences.
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Post by listey on Oct 31, 2015 20:03:02 GMT
Nope, but ethanol's no good for racing and the rules say you can't add stuff to fuel to make things go faster.
They failed to mention you can't take stuff away......
Where there's a will there's a way.
Try it yourself with a gallon of petrol and some kitchen scales to check the result.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2015 9:27:08 GMT
Hmm.. Petrol, agitate, petrol, siphon, petrol, 5 gallon drums, petrol, kitchen scales, petrol.... Official health warning needed I think.
I never realised removing 5-10% ethanol from fuel would create a better race mixture- possibly because it has a slightly lower CV compared to petrol? But it has a higher octane rating, so removing it would lower the octane rating slightly of the end result.
Love the gag about the octanes evaporating!
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Post by listey on Nov 1, 2015 21:24:18 GMT
Should be safe enough unless you drink it or set yourself ablaze. If there's a possibility of this, assess risk and proceed with caution.
2 stroke motors run hotter with ethanol, not ideal.
The terminology may not be correct but the theory's good.
Fuel goes off faster in a half empty drum.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2015 21:27:44 GMT
Question for you......what do you know about Redex Listey?
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Post by listey on Nov 1, 2015 21:37:19 GMT
I put some redex in the 400 once.
It had been sat for a year or two, so poured some into the cylinders to let sit overnight and put the rest in the tank. Figured it couldn't hurt.
Made lots of pretty smoke at startup. ☺
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2015 21:47:05 GMT
I have a Suzuki GS500E that hasn't seen much action over the past ten years although run every year and MOT'd. But literally has only done 1k miles in those ten years.
When I got her last week she wouldn't rev beyond 5k......I flushed all the fuel out (it smelt a little stale) and she is now a lot better but she still isn't revving cleanly when I snap the throttle back..
Before I go to the hassle of having the carbs off, I wonder if I should try a little Redex....
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Post by listey on Nov 1, 2015 22:02:15 GMT
I just used it as the 400 hadn't been run and compression wasn't great. So juat popped some down the bores in case of sticky rings. I'm led to believe it's just transmission fluid. I don't suppose redex will hurt but some healthy new petrol and some miles will probably do your 500 more good.  ? |
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Post by wazzbo on Nov 1, 2015 22:10:52 GMT
I have a Suzuki GS500E that hasn't seen much action over the past ten years although run every year and MOT'd. But literally has only done 1k miles in those ten years. When I got her last week she wouldn't rev beyond 5k......I flushed all the fuel out (it smelt a little stale) and she is now a lot better but she still isn't revving cleanly when I snap the throttle back.. Before I go to the hassle of having the carbs off, I wonder if I should try a little Redex.... Get some bp ultimate in her then give her a good run nick. |
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