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Old April 21st 06, 07:19 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
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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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Old April 21st 06, 07:28 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
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"Andrew" > wrote in message
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> 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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Old April 21st 06, 10:06 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
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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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