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- From: fitchitt@wam.umd.edu ()
- Subject: Re: Gas driers - which ones are bad?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.202415.4037@wam.umd.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 20:24:15 GMT
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- In article <31160127@hpspkla.spk.hp.com> borowski@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Don T. Borowski) writes:
- >In rec.autos.tech, arup+@cs.cmu.edu (Arup Mukherjee) writes:
- >
- >>I remember reading (several months back) in this newsgroup that
- >>certain types of gas line driers could be harmful to the fuel system
- >>because they contain some chemical that attacks rubber. It was also
- >>mentioned that other products that use some other chemical are safe.
- >>I was hoping that someone could remind me what the two chemicals in question
- >>are.
- >
- >Many gas line drier products are just plain methanol, which can attact
- >rubber and even metal. The better products (though less frequently found)
- >are isopropyl alcohol. This stuff is more benign, and and carry more water
- >as well. It also is a good fuel injector cleaner
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- Rubbing Alcohol?
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- Would just putting some of that stuff in a car work to carry the water out?
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- Or at least a brand taht is 100% isoproply... seems pretty funny...
- >
- >Donald Borowski WA6OMI Hewlett-Packard, Spokane Division
- >"Angels are able to fly because they take themselves so lightly."
- > -G.K. Chesterton
- >
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