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>Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 17:45:59 EST
>From: JanLinWes@aol.com
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>Subject: Gas substitute
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>Hello Potterers, This relates to trailering. I see ads for a safe gasoline
>substitute you can carry in the trunk of your car for use if your car runs
>out of gas. Does anybody know what's in it, does it work, and is it
>non-explosive/non-inflammable as claimed? And, could you use it in an
>outboard motor? Thanks for any info,
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>Jan Lindstrom (JanLinWes@aol.com), with Bob Wester
>P-15 1804 "Dauntless," Marquette MI
The gas substitute is a mildly flammable liquid that WILL NOT support
ignition in a car by itself. It needs to be mixed about 50% with gasoline
in order to run. What happens is that the gas line on most vehicles (old
VW's excepted) is above the bottom of the gas tank. Therefore there is
still a reasonable amount of fuel in the tank that is usable if you could
get at it. The gas substitute allows you to get at the additional
gasoline. I wouldn't try it in anything except a car as you never know how
it will react in a two-cycle engine like our outboards, especially in high
concentrations.
Bill
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