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Ed's Red as a motor fuel
Those of you who are gun enthusiasts may of heard of something
called "Ed's Red". Ed's Red is a home-brew gun cleaning solution made of 1 part acetone, 1 part tranmission fluid, 1 part kerosene, and one part aliphatic mineral spirits. I mixed up a a four-gallon batch in a jerry can and my inconsiderate, a-hole renter -- thinking it was gasoline -- performed a stupid automotive trick for my amusement by pouring the contents of the jerry can into the fuel tank of his truck. I can report to you that the truck only made it 2 blocks before it sputtered to a stop. Draining the tank and refilling with gasoline seemed to solve his problem. I wonder what fuel system components might negatively impacted by 25% acetone. I wonder what the main failure mechanism was? Too rich of a mixture for the engine to manage? Andrew |
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Ed's Red as a motor fuel
"Andrew" > wrote in message ... > I wonder what fuel system > components might negatively impacted by 25% acetone. > > I wonder what the main failure mechanism was? Too rich of a mixture > for the engine to manage? > > Andrew Acetone can be a pretty harsh solvent on some plastics and elastomeric seals. If any damage was done, that is where I would expect it to show up. I suspect it stopped running due to plug fouling or something of that sort. For a while, he was probably running on the fuel in his lines, filter, etc. Then as this mixture began to feed into the engine, it probably just fouled. |
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Ed's Red as a motor fuel
Andrew wrote: > Those of you who are gun enthusiasts may of heard of something > called "Ed's Red". Ed's Red is a home-brew gun cleaning solution > made of 1 part acetone, 1 part tranmission fluid, 1 part kerosene, > and one part aliphatic mineral spirits. > > I mixed up a a four-gallon batch in a jerry can and my inconsiderate, > a-hole renter -- thinking it was gasoline -- performed a stupid > automotive trick for my amusement by pouring the contents of the > jerry can into the fuel tank of his truck. > > I can report to you that the truck only made it 2 blocks before > it sputtered to a stop. Draining the tank and refilling with > gasoline seemed to solve his problem. I wonder what fuel system > components might negatively impacted by 25% acetone. > > I wonder what the main failure mechanism was? Too rich of a mixture > for the engine to manage? I don't know how such a home brew could cause the mixture to be too rich - the ratio of fuel to air didn't change. It just would not burn when atomized. I would worry more about the damage acetone and to a lesser extent spirits might cause to seals and other rubber/plastic components in the fuel system. > > Andrew |
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