i'm not cody the car guy but all you have to do is just start the car and let it run.. i have a 2000 honda that had no gas cap and i did not know and all i did was put 91% alcohol in the tank and start it up skipped bad for a little bit but it runs fine now o and new gas cap lol
WORKED AFTER LETTING MY TRUCK SIT FOR TWO YEARS! THANK YOU SO MUCH! It is sitting running to kill all what's in the tank still. Keep rocking it with breaks forward and backward every 15 min... still suckin.... thanks so much.
Cody, I congratulate you on this video. You have shown something that actually has value and explains the problem correctly. There are lots of videos on TH-cam by guys who claim to be certified mechanics and they are lost. My only suggestion is that you should have included Dry Gas, and then simply said: "Of course, you don'y have to use any of these if you use E10."
Thanks for this video. I know nothing really will cause water to suspend in gasoline for long but as you say the the two products on the left just might get the water to move through the system. Thanks again for taking the time to do a real honest presentation.
Seafoam contains water. The ""other" percentage in isopropyl alcohol is water. Yellow label Heet is methyl alcohol plus solvents with a higher flashpoint and some light oils. Red label (Iso) Heet has some isopropyl alcohol plus other stuff intended to clean fuel injectors.
I know an older video, but I can attest to this working. I used the 90% version of rubbing alcohol in a boat I had a few years ago that had a ton of water in the tank. Pulling the tank would have been a focking nightmare.... After a couple fill-ups it was good to go. It hiccup'd and burped a few times throughout the process, but eventually got to where it ran like a champ. All that being said, the boat had an old chevy 300ci straight six in it and I think you could have ran whiskey, rocket fuel, piss, hot lava...just about anything through that bastage and it wouldn't hurt it. Thanks for posting this. I'm sure it'll help a lot of peeps.
In 1992 l had a 73 pickup with 222,000 to 226,000Chevy or Ford (,thinking ford) got for 200.00 either way. It had a straight 6 in it .with 3 on the tree, that sat for over 6 yrs. Took a battery to it ,checked the fluids .I tell u this started 2nd try.. ran amazing.. i learned body work lol became awsome at it . the truck fell apart before that engine would ever break down. The old man once said years later he should of charged me more lol first that beast. I bet that engine would still running today as long as it was treated right. One of the best things ever made on this planet for sure.
I’m in Alaska and our jeep froze up about a week ago. We have it thawed out and the battery holding charge but no fire. This video just saved me from buying sea foam for this. Lol. Thanks especially since Covid, I think I have a good stock of alcohol. Thank you. I know this is an older video but thats the great thing about youtube.
I believe seafoam may have some uses but they shouldn't put remove water from fuel on the can if it's not good at that, sure it has a little alcohol in it but it makes no sense to use it for this purpose. Quite frankly it makes a very bad impression.
Water does collect in gas tanks and fuel lines from moisture in the air, or from the storage tanks at gas stations. Today, however, vehicles in most parts of the country burn gasoline that includes up to 10 percent ethanol, a form of alcohol that performs the same water-absorbing chores as brand-name gasoline antifreezes. Products like gas-line antifreeze Heet - which are available at automotive stores - contain ingredients such as isopropyl or methyl alcohol (methanol), but they function in the same way as the ethanol that is already in your fuel. Gas-line antifreeze isn't expensive and probably can't hurt, but if you have 15 gallons of fuel in your vehicle and 10 percent of it is ethanol, your tank already has 1.5 gallons of alcohol in it. Adding another 12 to 16 ounces of alcohol is not going to provide any additional protection against freezing.
It's more about dispersing water that is in the fuel, and for that, you want as pure as Isopropyl alcohol as you can get (such as Heet), or something like Star Tron that has enzymes to react with the water.
Lived in Alaska for years. Pubic service message was played from September to April on the local channels was great info for using Heet ( isopropyl alcohol). The message was simple, Always add in winter when gas tank in low of fuel. This way the Heet or alcohol will get to the water. Some of us put it in before we drove to get more gas to help it mix with the water that was created due to condensation caused by parking your cars in a heated garage. Heated garages are common as most homes do not have basements and furnace were installed in the garage. Nice warm garage! Taking your car from subzero weather to a balmy 70 degrees twice a day gave you condensation in your tank. Many people who did not pay attention to P.S. message had to drop the tank to remove gallons of water due to the amount built up in tanks. Not until now did I connect the dots to heet and 100%isopropyl alcohol being equal. Thanks.
I wish I saw this a couple days ago, but atleast I found it now to truly understand how this works. Alright now I just have to catch a bus to go grab all these things lol, thank you for the video brotha!
thanks the alcohol really works I put some in my gas tank cause my car wouldn't start was going to drop the tank and remove the gas but I tried this before I removed the tank and it's works thanks
Seafoam is a " FUEL" system cleaning /lubricating product, meant more as a barrier to keep moisture away, and from settling, causing rust and corrosion. I know many Ocean Mariners who swear by it. They use it to keep boat motors " PICKLED" during off seasons while in storage.
I've been using red HEET for years with the gas I burn in my Suzuki 2 stroke DT100 and found it does a great job removing any water that builds up in the tank. I pore some in the tank before I fuel up everytime. When I don't use it the engine can sputter and even stall out. Sometimes it won't even turnover. Holding the tank to sunlight I have even seen the water in the tank. If the gas is fresh that's not a problem but if you don't use the boat for a few days, get some rain and humidity you'll find water in the tank. With red HEET I have no problems leaving the tanks full for weeks.
Thanks big time, I had some isopropyl alchahol from another project and it worked like a charm. I siphoned 2 thirds of the gas out of my motorcycle gas tank and put some isopropyl in there, pretty soon misfiring went away and ran the tank dry before putting fresh fuel in. Great tip to know!
I worked on marine engines, an FYI use at your own peril, especially in a 2 stroke engine. Doing this, if you notice it does not evaporate the water, basically causes it to bond in with the fuel. What happens it causes a steaming effect and burns through the engine and at the same time what we found removes the oil that is meant to be a lubricant and caused engine failures. Did make a lot of money on engine replacement and rebuilds though.
Just went through all this with my neighbor's boat, nothing is worse for 2 cycle engine as ethanol fuel. I have owned and worked on marine engines all my life, I once worked in a marine outboard engine shop as a part timer. I owned a shop which sold outboard motors and boats. We always told our clients to use only ethanol free gas in their engines. My neighbor came to me and said his engine would not start. It was a little 40HP Mercury 2 stroke. After checking the ignition system was working, I knew then the problem was with the fuel and carburetor. Sure enough, the float bowl was full of water. I remove the carburetor, cleaned it check it thoroughly. I ask my neighbor if he was using gas from pumps with ethanol, he said I get what ever is at my local stations. Yes, it had ethanol in it. I got a clean tank, new hose and hooked up the engine. It started and ran fantastic. Ethanol or any alcohol is hygroscopic, meaning it attracts water. Where we live is very humid all summer, so when the air (atmosphere) is drawn into the fuel tank the moisture in the air condenses on the walls of the tank. It then travels to the bottom of the tank and is picked up by the fuel line. This will not happen to fuel that is ethanol free. The new engines can use 10% ethanol gas but boats are not used on a daily basis. My other neighbor has a party barge with a 150 Mercury He has spent a fortune on repairs only to have the same problems. I have told him time and time again to have the carburetor rebuilt and clean out his tanks. Now his badge has been setting for 2 years. When storing your boat for the winter use a gas stabilizer. Now he is going to have a real problem.
The whole idea of the additives is to turn the water into a burnable liquid. So you get rid of the water by using it. Doesn't turn it into gas but makes it burnable.
Ethanol mixes with water vapor in gas tank and forms a jelly that sinks to the bottom. Then when you start your lawnmower or classic car it gets sucked into the carburetor or fuel injectors.Fix:Use quality fuel stabilizer like Stabil. But gas will still turn to jelly after a year, maybe 2 years. Gotta run that mower/car once every 2 months for an hour or more. After a year add more fresh gas and stabilizer.
Here's a question is it better to add the heat after you fill your tank or when you have less gas in the tank? To me logic would dictate that less gas to the mixture would be better.
Why not remove the tank and have a drain spigot installed at the normal low point(s)? Then after the water should be settled to the bottom the operator may drain the water off and shut the spigot. This is a procedure sometimes used in aircraft during the pre-flight check. (at least on some of the aircraft).
I washed my air filter a year ago and didn't let it dry all the way. And could barely go down the street and uphill. A week ago i put beryman 12 chemtol and it cleared the hesitation. I think I'll just put the seafoam. But am thinking about 99% alcohol also for a good measure! Thank you very much
just wanna add this thought.. when u read the directions for the additives you add to gas, it says to add before fueling, this is so when you pump the gas, the gas falling into the tank will mix and slush the gas around therfore getting the mixing action he uses with the jars, you wouldnt really need to drive eratically to get it to mix, sure driving eratically would problably help, but you would do that with minimal gas in the tank, so theres room for slushing around.. but pouring in before fuel up is the key to mixing it.
What you refer to as "breaking down" the water is actually emulsifying the mixture. The products don't "remove" water, as you've also intimated. Unfortunately removing the water is the best fix and, for that, depending on the amount of water one has, involves work (dropping the tank, etc.). Water through a diesel engine, for example, is never good for the engine and could be very bad.
(I already said this) Why not open the fuel line before the engine and run the pump by itself a little. Since the water is at the bottom of the tank, the water should come out first. Make sure not to run the pump when the tank is empty.
Like for real! This is what TH-cam should be. This dude is smart as fuck and knows how to clearly demonstrate and explain with out any Filler or bullshit. 👍🏼
Wow this is great. I just had my carb rebuilt and come to find out my car kept dieing because it had water in the carb. I will definitely get some rubbing alcohol for my tank. thanks alot for this video...greatly appreciated ! I'll try to find the highest percentage I can.
Cody nice job! I just got a load of bad fuel but I don't know why it's bad other than loss of power. On your video, I think the only thing I would criticize is that you added a LOT more alcohol to your jars than would ever get added to a Car or Truck as tank unless you put a case of HEET in there :) If you put a 12 oz bottle of HEET into 15 gallons of Gas , that mixture would end up being less than 1 percent ( 0.63%) alcohol into the gas - which is Not Much. It would be interesting to see if it works if you put only 2 Tbsp HEET into a jar of 1 oz water and 15 oz gasoline which migh represent a real world situation more accurately. Also wondering if that fuel was E10 regular or E0. After watching this Im thinking of getting a siphon to the bottom of the tank and sucking out a couple quarts to see whats really in there. And if its water - keep going! - Thanks, Sandy.
I have a 2005 vehicle with fuel injection and has 18 gallon gas tank. I was told to put up to 4 bottles in my tank after a gas station was found to have a leak that allowed water in it. So how much iso heet is too much. The 4 bottles of heet worked btw.
Actually.... yeah, shake it up. I believe most instructions say to add to tank and then add gas. By doing so, you are stirring quite well; especially in an empty tank.
Keep in mind why rubbing alcohol works even when it's 30% water itself. Water and gas don't mix. That's why water creates problems in your tank. You engine is getting one or the other and runs badly. But alcohol will bond to both, causing them to mix and carrying them to your engine as a mix, where it will burn in your engine. It's like the ethanol (an alcohol) that is often sold with gas. When I lived in drizzly Seattle, I often had problems with water condensation in my fuel tank. Occasionally putting a small bottle of rubbing alcohol in the tank would solve that problem. As he points out, it's cheap and it works.
Michael i have heard that when cleaning a small gas tank you can use denatured alcohol to displace the little water thats left after de-rusting with your favorite product and cutting it with baking soda, will isopropyl alcohol work also or is denatured stronger?? thank you for your time.
Glad I found your video as I was cutting grass then added more gas in tank and now won’t start. Gas can was in shed but we had a really bad storm come through 2 days ago. How much of the Rubbing Alcohol do I add? Push mower
thanks for the video. I got gas yesterday and my truck Barry runs now. I didn't know about alcohol but I used heet iso. hasn't cleared up yet. but I plan on pulling my filter and looking at the fuel to see.
The Chemistry is the thing to keep in mind. If you measured the level of the water in each jar, you would see the level rises in the alcohol and Heet as their ingrediants combine to the water molecules to make their mass greater and so will be at a higher level. The Isopropyl and Methanol of the alcohol and Heet show this and will actually ignite carrying the water with it in combustion (maybe not the greatest ignition though). SeaFoam states on its label that it is insoluble with water so obviously it is not going to do anything for the water issue and its level did not change if you looked at the level changes..
+Robb Mcdonald - Absolutely. The ISO-Heet is actually 100% Isopropyl alcohol until you open the container. It's extremely hygroscopic and begins to absorb water from the humidity in the air as soon as you pierce the foil seal. MDR Water-Zorb is a much better solution for removing water from gasoline.
My father told me this trick about alcohol when I was a teenager. Recently, I had water in my tank so I bought 99.9% alcohol online having the same though than you Robb. I waited that the tank be pretty much empty and poor half a quart of alcohol in it then I drove around swirling and breaking dry to mix the gas with alcohol. I did this process twice. It reduced pretty well the problem. I still got some problem few days after but after a week, I did not feel any problem.
Thank you!!! You literally saved my ass! 😂 Long story short I got a little water in the gas when mowing this morning. I panicked. I DID NOT want to call my husband who was putting up fence panels in 99° heat and tell him what I had done. 91% alcohol saved my butt! I cut all 2.5 acres after watched this video! 😂😅thanks again, you saved the day
Great video, good information, well presented, thank you. I may do a similar video on my channel one of these days but for now I think I'm gonna go with the Heet.
I have not confirmed this information like I prefer to; however it's one example. Everyone is upset Trump exited the Paris Accord (sp?). Independent auditors indicate many members were not truthful or provided incomplete information on their "positive" impact on Climate Change (Fraud). It's also been widely reported since the USA exited, many other countries, national and local entities, have promised to implement and have initiated their own contributions to combat climate change. If you read international newspapers, this week all the major countries scheduling the phase out of ICE is a major step, and without a blank check from President Trump.
I used heat for years on vehicles and marine system never failed me, car and boat motion will stur it up for you just need to stay moving and try to burn as much as you can
Great demonstion. Tanks are vented whereas you are reviewing in closed containers. I'm wondering if the various products also work by evaporating some of the water while breaking down for firing. Not only venting but the introduction of oxygen. Also, I'm wondering if acetone would be effective in water removal as well.
Alcohol and water interlock when mixed together. They share electrons. If you take 10 gallons or water and 10 gallons of alcohol you will not have 20 gallons of combined volume, it will be more like 17 and a half gallons of combined volume. When you put alcohol or methanol in your gas tank the water attaches to the alcohol and allows it to get passed the gas filter. One of the reasons you car won't start is because water gets to the filter and is stopped by the filter and therefore blocks gas from passing through. Whenever we took vehicles to inspection we always put in a bottle of dry gas as it would make the engine run hotter and get through emissions. Before computers got so complicated running dry gas would sort of fool the carburetor into a leaner mixture but today's cars see the extra oxygen from the alcohol and enrichen the mixture. My dad worked for Exxon and would bring home what they called slops. Left over stuff from tests. Sometimes he would get small amounts of alcohol and if I was low on money I would put that in my tank in my 63 Plymouth Savoy. It ran great on the highway but needed bigger jets if you wanted more power. To this day we still put dry gas in the tank before we go to inspection. Good stuff. Happy Motoring.
On my big diesels, I use 60/40 blend with 1 pint of 70% rubbing alcohol p/50gal. as pretreat in -0 weather. Good for -30+. For -40 weather, I also mix in up to 3% unleaded gas MAX (gas is hard on diesel engines), or you can also go with straight No.1 diesel fuel if available and and 1gal. unleaded per 100 gal. of #1 fuel. Never froze up in 35 years.
Thanks Cody! Good sensible demo on additives that supposedly remove water from fuel. None the less, I think nothing does that. The fuel system has to be purged a piece at a time I believe to really clear it out.
Awesome bro I just ride my motorcycle for like 2 hours trip under the rain ... and my bike started actingup and die .. so u go get HEET TO POUR inside thanks bro!!
Everything is a rich man’s trick! Look it up on TH-cam watch the long version. If you don’t get how that connects to this video... Your part of the problem not the solution! Thanks for a great video. excellent demonstration! To the creator: You specifically are a part of the solution!
I've heard a guy put rubbing alcohol in ram common rail Cummins. his worker told me about it and said it sounded like older Cummins knocking or detonating
Three weeks ago I drove to Oxapampa, Peru. I was there for one week and before leaving I filled up my 91 Jeep Cherokee at a gas station. While I was there filling up the Jeep a tanker was delivering fuel. I had a gut feeling I shouldn't be filling up the Jeep while they were filling the tanks. My Jeep runs on Propane and Gasoline. I drove on propane until it was empty and switched to gasoline. After a few minutes the Jeep started chugging and sputtering. Then it dawned on me, when they were filling the gas tanks at the gas station it forces standing water from the tank into the pump and then into your car. We don't have Auto Zones or O'Reilly's here in Lima so finding fuel injection cleaner is difficult. But thanks to the pandemic I have a ton of alcohol. I will try that.
The point isn't that these things remove the water from the tank but that they will mix with the water(unlike gas) and make the water combust, so the engine will burn it.
@@SmooveBee1 It can, but too much and too long, it can also add to carbon build up because it reduces the efficiency of combustion of the gas itself, and when gas doesn't combust fully and efficiently, one of the byproducts left behind is carbon.
The alcohol combines with water and does not separate. However, the water/alcohol mix does not combine with gasoline, so you engine is burning the water/alcohol mix (burns poorly) rather than pure water (which won't burn at all). Water in your gas is a bad thing no matter how you slice it.
Found out stabil has a shelf life (2yrs) but there is no mfg date on the product. Called stabil ,asked how do I find out how long it’s been on the shelf@retailer. Their response. Good question
Thanks for the video. I have two questions. Would you do one for diesel? More and more manufactures are offering clean burning diesel engines to their inventory. I have purchased many additives and each one has its own fuel-to-additive recommendation. Do you think the results would have been better/worse if you would have used each manufactures recommendation on ratio? Thanks again.
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Cody the Car Guy when u pour the alcohol in the tank do u have to drive the vehicle rite away or u can wait till u drive it that day?
i'm not cody the car guy but all you have to do is just start the car and let it run.. i have a 2000 honda that had no gas cap and i did not know and all i did was put 91% alcohol in the tank and start it up skipped bad for a little bit but it runs fine now o and new gas cap lol
Cody can use the iso red heet in my 2021 hyundia sonata n line ?
Excellent video. Clear. To the point. Many thanks.
Heet has 99.9 alcohol in it. If using rubbing alcohol, you must find 90% or better . This video was really helpful. Thank you
Thanks, just saved me going to a mechanic... I am now boycotting 7-11
Oh no I wonder if that's the gas that messed mine up
You did a really nice job with this instruction! Thanks for taking the time to do this...it definitely helped me!
BRILLIANT! Very well done. The Chemistry teacher gives you an A+.
WORKED AFTER LETTING MY TRUCK SIT FOR TWO YEARS! THANK YOU SO MUCH! It is sitting running to kill all what's in the tank still. Keep rocking it with breaks forward and backward every 15 min... still suckin.... thanks so much.
must say this was one of the best simple demo's I have seen. Great job
Cody, I congratulate you on this video. You have shown something that actually has value and explains the problem correctly. There are lots of videos on TH-cam by guys who claim to be certified mechanics and they are lost. My only suggestion is that you should have included Dry Gas, and then simply said: "Of course, you don'y have to use any of these if you use E10."
Thanks for this video. I know nothing really will cause water to suspend in gasoline for long but as you say the the two products on the left just might get the water to move through the system. Thanks again for taking the time to do a real honest presentation.
Seafoam contains water. The ""other" percentage in isopropyl alcohol is water. Yellow label Heet is methyl alcohol plus solvents with a higher flashpoint and some light oils. Red label (Iso) Heet has some isopropyl alcohol plus other stuff intended to clean fuel injectors.
I know an older video, but I can attest to this working. I used the 90% version of rubbing alcohol in a boat I had a few years ago that had a ton of water in the tank. Pulling the tank would have been a focking nightmare.... After a couple fill-ups it was good to go. It hiccup'd and burped a few times throughout the process, but eventually got to where it ran like a champ. All that being said, the boat had an old chevy 300ci straight six in it and I think you could have ran whiskey, rocket fuel, piss, hot lava...just about anything through that bastage and it wouldn't hurt it. Thanks for posting this. I'm sure it'll help a lot of peeps.
In 1992 l had a 73 pickup with 222,000 to 226,000Chevy or Ford (,thinking ford) got for 200.00 either way. It had a straight 6 in it .with 3 on the tree, that sat for over 6 yrs. Took a battery to it ,checked the fluids .I tell u this started 2nd try.. ran amazing.. i learned body work lol became awsome at it . the truck fell apart before that engine would ever break down. The old man once said years later he should of charged me more lol first that beast. I bet that engine would still running today as long as it was treated right. One of the best things ever made on this planet for sure.
I’m in Alaska and our jeep froze up about a week ago. We have it thawed out and the battery holding charge but no fire. This video just saved me from buying sea foam for this. Lol. Thanks especially since Covid, I think I have a good stock of alcohol. Thank you. I know this is an older video but thats the great thing about youtube.
I believe seafoam may have some uses but they shouldn't put remove water from fuel on the can if it's not good at that, sure it has a little alcohol in it but it makes no sense to use it for this purpose.
Quite frankly it makes a very bad impression.
Water does collect in gas tanks and fuel lines from moisture in the air, or from the storage tanks at gas stations. Today, however, vehicles in most parts of the country burn gasoline that includes up to 10 percent ethanol, a form of alcohol that performs the same water-absorbing chores as brand-name gasoline antifreezes. Products like gas-line antifreeze Heet - which are available at automotive stores - contain ingredients such as isopropyl or methyl alcohol (methanol), but they function in the same way as the ethanol that is already in your fuel.
Gas-line antifreeze isn't expensive and probably can't hurt, but if you have 15 gallons of fuel in your vehicle and 10 percent of it is ethanol, your tank already has 1.5 gallons of alcohol in it. Adding another 12 to 16 ounces of alcohol is not going to provide any additional protection against freezing.
It's more about dispersing water that is in the fuel, and for that, you want as pure as Isopropyl alcohol as you can get (such as Heet), or something like Star Tron that has enzymes to react with the water.
Lived in Alaska for years. Pubic service message was played from September to April on the local channels was great info for using Heet ( isopropyl alcohol). The message was simple, Always add in winter when gas tank in low of fuel. This way the Heet or alcohol will get to the water. Some of us put it in before we drove to get more gas to help it mix with the water that was created due to condensation caused by parking your cars in a heated garage. Heated garages are common as most homes do not have basements and furnace were installed in the garage. Nice warm garage! Taking your car from subzero weather to a balmy 70 degrees twice a day gave you condensation in your tank. Many people who did not pay attention to P.S. message had to drop the tank to remove gallons of water due to the amount built up in tanks. Not until now did I connect the dots to heet and 100%isopropyl alcohol being equal. Thanks.
I wish I saw this a couple days ago, but atleast I found it now to truly understand how this works. Alright now I just have to catch a bus to go grab all these things lol, thank you for the video brotha!
thanks the alcohol really works I put some in my gas tank cause my car wouldn't start was going to drop the tank and remove the gas but I tried this before I removed the tank and it's works thanks
Seafoam is a " FUEL" system cleaning /lubricating product, meant more as a barrier to keep moisture away, and from settling, causing rust and corrosion.
I know many Ocean Mariners who swear by it. They use it to keep boat motors " PICKLED" during off seasons while in storage.
I've been using red HEET for years with the gas I burn in my Suzuki 2 stroke DT100 and found it does a great job removing any water that builds up in the tank. I pore some in the tank before I fuel up everytime. When I don't use it the engine can sputter and even stall out. Sometimes it won't even turnover. Holding the tank to sunlight I have even seen the water in the tank. If the gas is fresh that's not a problem but if you don't use the boat for a few days, get some rain and humidity you'll find water in the tank. With red HEET I have no problems leaving the tanks full for weeks.
Thank you so much this happen to me yesterday, Being on a limited income and no men in my family i must give this a try
heet comes in 2 types but it does work it also keeps your fuel lines from freezing in alaska
Thanks big time, I had some isopropyl alchahol from another project and it worked like a charm. I siphoned 2 thirds of the gas out of my motorcycle gas tank and put some isopropyl in there, pretty soon misfiring went away and ran the tank dry before putting fresh fuel in. Great tip to know!
I really appreciate how he chose to use a separate stir rod for every container
I worked on marine engines, an FYI use at your own peril, especially in a 2 stroke engine. Doing this, if you notice it does not evaporate the water, basically causes it to bond in with the fuel. What happens it causes a steaming effect and burns through the engine and at the same time what we found removes the oil that is meant to be a lubricant and caused engine failures. Did make a lot of money on engine replacement and rebuilds though.
Thanks. I will def pass on this method
Just went through all this with my neighbor's boat, nothing is worse for 2 cycle engine as ethanol fuel. I have owned and worked on marine engines all my life, I once worked in a marine outboard engine shop as a part timer. I owned a shop which sold outboard motors and boats. We always told our clients to use only ethanol free gas in their engines.
My neighbor came to me and said his engine would not start. It was a little 40HP Mercury 2 stroke. After checking the ignition system was working, I knew then the problem was with the fuel and carburetor. Sure enough, the float bowl was full of water. I remove the carburetor, cleaned it check it thoroughly. I ask my neighbor if he was using gas from pumps with ethanol, he said I get what ever is at my local stations. Yes, it had ethanol in it. I got a clean tank, new hose and hooked up the engine. It started and ran fantastic.
Ethanol or any alcohol is hygroscopic, meaning it attracts water. Where we live is very humid all summer, so when the air (atmosphere) is drawn into the fuel tank the moisture in the air condenses on the walls of the tank. It then travels to the bottom of the tank and is picked up by the fuel line. This will not happen to fuel that is ethanol free. The new engines can use 10% ethanol gas but boats are not used on a daily basis. My other neighbor has a party barge with a 150 Mercury He has spent a fortune on repairs only to have the same problems. I have told him time and time again to have the carburetor rebuilt and clean out his tanks. Now his badge has been setting for 2 years. When storing your boat for the winter use a gas stabilizer. Now he is going to have a real problem.
The whole idea of the additives is to turn the water into a burnable liquid. So you get rid of the water by using it. Doesn't turn it into gas but makes it burnable.
Ethanol mixes with water vapor in gas tank and forms a jelly that sinks to the bottom. Then when you start your lawnmower or classic car it gets sucked into the carburetor or fuel injectors.Fix:Use quality fuel stabilizer like Stabil. But gas will still turn to jelly after a year, maybe 2 years. Gotta run that mower/car once every 2 months for an hour or more. After a year add more fresh gas and stabilizer.
I just put rubbing alcohol in my gas and my car is running a lot better I remembered I had some in my car thank you so much
Here's a question is it better to add the heat after you fill your tank or when you have less gas in the tank? To me logic would dictate that less gas to the mixture would be better.
Why not remove the tank and have a drain spigot installed at the normal low point(s)? Then after the water should be settled to the bottom the operator may drain the water off and shut the spigot. This is a procedure sometimes used in aircraft during the pre-flight check. (at least on some of the aircraft).
Molded plastic autotomotive gas tanks. Multiple low spots.
I washed my air filter a year ago and didn't let it dry all the way. And could barely go down the street and uphill. A week ago i put beryman 12 chemtol and it cleared the hesitation. I think I'll just put the seafoam. But am thinking about 99% alcohol also for a good measure! Thank you very much
Thank God for men like you!!!
Did it work? I want to do it with my pit bike because water got in the carb from hard rain.
Excellent Video Cody! Very helpful information for this bad winter time in the Midwest!
just wanna add this thought.. when u read the directions for the additives you add to gas, it says to add before fueling, this is so when you pump the gas, the gas falling into the tank will mix and slush the gas around therfore getting the mixing action he uses with the jars, you wouldnt really need to drive eratically to get it to mix, sure driving eratically would problably help, but you would do that with minimal gas in the tank, so theres room for slushing around.. but pouring in before fuel up is the key to mixing it.
What you refer to as "breaking down" the water is actually emulsifying the mixture. The products don't "remove" water, as you've also intimated. Unfortunately removing the water is the best fix and, for that, depending on the amount of water one has, involves work (dropping the tank, etc.). Water through a diesel engine, for example, is never good for the engine and could be very bad.
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You are correct ISP Doesn't remove the water it attaches to the water modules and makes the water combustible enough to be burned through the engine !
(I already said this) Why not open the fuel line before the engine and run the pump by itself a little. Since the water is at the bottom of the tank, the water should come out first. Make sure not to run the pump when the tank is empty.
Thanks for this informative video, I really appreciate especially since I'm not mechanically inclined.
Just what I needed to know, thanks for the help!
Like for real! This is what TH-cam should be. This dude is smart as fuck and knows how to clearly demonstrate and explain with out any Filler or bullshit. 👍🏼
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Great Job on the video. Simple and educational.
Wow this is great. I just had my carb rebuilt and come to find out my car kept dieing because it had water in the carb. I will definitely get some rubbing alcohol for my tank. thanks alot for this video...greatly appreciated ! I'll try to find the highest percentage I can.
Cody nice job! I just got a load of bad fuel but I don't know why it's bad other than loss of power. On your video, I think the only thing I would criticize is that you added a LOT more alcohol to your jars than would ever get added to a Car or Truck as tank unless you put a case of HEET in there :) If you put a 12 oz bottle of HEET into 15 gallons of Gas , that mixture would end up being less than 1 percent ( 0.63%) alcohol into the gas - which is Not Much. It would be interesting to see if it works if you put only 2 Tbsp HEET into a jar of 1 oz water and 15 oz gasoline which migh represent a real world situation more accurately. Also wondering if that fuel was E10 regular or E0. After watching this Im thinking of getting a siphon to the bottom of the tank and sucking out a couple quarts to see whats really in there. And if its water - keep going! - Thanks, Sandy.
I've always wondered what would work best, and now I know! thanks for the video!
Might I suggest redoing this with water with food coloring added.... would be a lot easier to see.
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there was aready a vid on tik tok about a occ bike but the point is that they found out food colorimg did not get along
I have a 2005 vehicle with fuel injection and has 18 gallon gas tank. I was told to put up to 4 bottles in my tank after a gas station was found to have a leak that allowed water in it. So how much iso heet is too much. The 4 bottles of heet worked btw.
was it four bottles at one time?
Despite the 70% isopropyl used, this was a great demonstration. Thank you for the time and the visuals. 👍
GREAT video! Many thanks sir
Actually.... yeah, shake it up. I believe most instructions say to add to tank and then add gas. By doing so, you are stirring quite well; especially in an empty tank.
An empty tank wouldn't have water in it anyway.
Keep in mind why rubbing alcohol works even when it's 30% water itself. Water and gas don't mix. That's why water creates problems in your tank. You engine is getting one or the other and runs badly. But alcohol will bond to both, causing them to mix and carrying them to your engine as a mix, where it will burn in your engine. It's like the ethanol (an alcohol) that is often sold with gas.
When I lived in drizzly Seattle, I often had problems with water condensation in my fuel tank. Occasionally putting a small bottle of rubbing alcohol in the tank would solve that problem. As he points out, it's cheap and it works.
Michael i have heard that when cleaning a small gas tank you can use denatured alcohol to displace the little water thats left after de-rusting with your favorite product and cutting it with baking soda, will isopropyl alcohol work also or is denatured stronger?? thank you for your time.
Nice observation I always use rubbing alcohol 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
nicely done
thank you
Glad I found your video as I was cutting grass then added more gas in tank and now won’t start. Gas can was in shed but we had a really bad storm come through 2 days ago. How much of the Rubbing Alcohol do I add? Push mower
thanks for the video. I got gas yesterday and my truck Barry runs now. I didn't know about alcohol but I used heet iso. hasn't cleared up yet. but I plan on pulling my filter and looking at the fuel to see.
Acetone works the best 40 to 1 and it brings up the octane to burn properly
Excellent video. Thanks
How much of the bottle should be used?
Nice test Cody. Thanks.
91% rubbing alcohol work best, we used it in our shops!
Also cleans the fuel system too .
How much?y tank was 3/4 full
why not higher like 99,9 or 99,6%
Handy experiment - helped me decide which product to use b/f buying - thx
I hope the Governor of California doesn’t see this - he will come after you for your vintage gas can 😆
Lol
I long for the bygone days when a match could set Lake Erie on fire.
The Chemistry is the thing to keep in mind. If you measured the level of the water in each jar, you would see the level rises in the alcohol and Heet as their ingrediants combine to the water molecules to make their mass greater and so will be at a higher level. The Isopropyl and Methanol of the alcohol and Heet show this and will actually ignite carrying the water with it in combustion (maybe not the greatest ignition though). SeaFoam states on its label that it is insoluble with water so obviously it is not going to do anything for the water issue and its level did not change if you looked at the level changes..
I use Denatured Alcohol. $10 for a gallon at Walmart. Isopropyl has water in it.
Robert Ford
they also sell isoheet
Isopropyl is alcohol, no water. Rubbing alcohol has water in it, the percentage is right on the label.
should be 100% alcohol.......70% is alcohol &30% water. ie
+Robb Mcdonald - Absolutely. The ISO-Heet is actually 100% Isopropyl alcohol until you open the container. It's extremely hygroscopic and begins to absorb water from the humidity in the air as soon as you pierce the foil seal. MDR Water-Zorb is a much better solution for removing water from gasoline.
My father told me this trick about alcohol when I was a teenager. Recently, I had water in my tank so I bought 99.9% alcohol online having the same though than you Robb. I waited that the tank be pretty much empty and poor half a quart of alcohol in it then I drove around swirling and breaking dry to mix the gas with alcohol. I did this process twice. It reduced pretty well the problem. I still got some problem few days after but after a week, I did not feel any problem.
Robb Mcdonald where do you get 100%?
Andy H where do you get water zorb?
a lab supply shop
I have used the Heat , It works well ! Never new there was a cheaper way man , Thanks!!
ShawnMrFixit Lee Yeah if you read the back you'll see the Heet and Rubbing Alcohol are the same pretty much, i been using rubbing alcohol for years
Right on , I will have to try it ! Thanks bro..
Nice presentation,however,how much alcohol should be used in a tank of gas??? Thanks for the video.
I am wondering also. Is99% okay to use?
Thank you!!! You literally saved my ass! 😂 Long story short I got a little water in the gas when mowing this morning. I panicked. I DID NOT want to call my husband who was putting up fence panels in 99° heat and tell him what I had done. 91% alcohol saved my butt! I cut all 2.5 acres after watched this video! 😂😅thanks again, you saved the day
Great video, good information, well presented, thank you. I may do a similar video on my channel one of these days but for now I think I'm gonna go with the Heet.
You just added more water with70 percent alchy. Use 100 percent
Great video. 4 cans of heet got my f150 cleaned it up thanks
4 cans of which?
@@G-Money1 sorry. Containers of heet
70% isopropyl alcohol has 30% water - you should have used the 99% pure stuff, not adding a lot more water with the 70%
The 99% pure stuff is basically what ISO-Heet is.
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A worthy demonstration, thanks!
Good video, I'll remember that one.
I used heat for years on vehicles and marine system never failed me, car and boat motion will stur it up for you just need to stay moving and try to burn as much as you can
Great demonstion. Tanks are vented whereas you are reviewing in closed containers. I'm wondering if the various products also work by evaporating some of the water while breaking down for firing. Not only venting but the introduction of oxygen.
Also, I'm wondering if acetone would be effective in water removal as well.
In your test did you use pure gasoline or ethanol blended?
Probably should have used about a cap full only in each for a little more accuracy but it still answers my question. Thanks mate
Alcohol and water interlock when mixed together. They share electrons. If you take 10 gallons or water and 10 gallons of alcohol you will not have 20 gallons of combined volume, it will be more like 17 and a half gallons of combined volume. When you put alcohol or methanol in your gas tank the water attaches to the alcohol and allows it to get passed the gas filter. One of the reasons you car won't start is because water gets to the filter and is stopped by the filter and therefore blocks gas from passing through.
Whenever we took vehicles to inspection we always put in a bottle of dry gas as it would make the engine run hotter and get through emissions. Before computers got so complicated running dry gas would sort of fool the carburetor into a leaner mixture but today's cars see the extra oxygen from the alcohol and enrichen the mixture.
My dad worked for Exxon and would bring home what they called slops. Left over stuff from tests. Sometimes he would get small amounts of alcohol and if I was low on money I would put that in my tank in my 63 Plymouth Savoy. It ran great on the highway but needed bigger jets if you wanted more power.
To this day we still put dry gas in the tank before we go to inspection. Good stuff. Happy Motoring.
Great video, much appreciated.
you're awesome,Bro!
There used to be a Shell product in Norway called condensate remover(Kondens Fjaerner) and it was Propanol.
On my big diesels, I use 60/40 blend with 1 pint of 70% rubbing alcohol p/50gal. as pretreat in -0 weather. Good for -30+. For -40 weather, I also mix in up to 3% unleaded gas MAX (gas is hard on diesel engines), or you can also go with straight No.1 diesel fuel if available and and 1gal. unleaded per 100 gal. of #1 fuel. Never froze up in 35 years.
Awesome Job 👌
Thanks Cody! Good sensible demo on additives that supposedly remove water from
fuel. None the less, I think nothing does that. The fuel system has to be purged a piece at a time I believe to really clear it out.
Could you have take some of the mixture of the bottom (using a pipette) and see how well they burn on their own?
great test! using isopropyl alcohol to compare against was awesome
How many times you have to add it like every month every fill up every day ??????
Awesome bro I just ride my motorcycle for like 2 hours trip under the rain ... and my bike started actingup and die .. so u go get HEET TO POUR inside thanks bro!!
what about if the water is in the carb bowl or fuel lines.
GOOD JOB. BIG TIME THANK U
How much alcohol should I use for it to be affective
wonder why they don't put a drain valve on the bottom of the tank?
I think it's because it might make it easy for thieves to steal your fuel. Also, if the drain valve fails, it would create a dangerous situation.
Thats what we do in airplanes. Sump drains.
Everything is a rich man’s trick! Look it up on TH-cam watch the long version. If you don’t get how that connects to this video... Your part of the problem not the solution! Thanks for a great video. excellent demonstration! To the creator: You specifically are a part of the solution!
I've heard a guy put rubbing alcohol in ram common rail Cummins. his worker told me about it and said it sounded like older Cummins knocking or detonating
Three weeks ago I drove to Oxapampa, Peru. I was there for one week and before leaving I filled up my 91 Jeep Cherokee at a gas station. While I was there filling up the Jeep a tanker was delivering fuel. I had a gut feeling I shouldn't be filling up the Jeep while they were filling the tanks. My Jeep runs on Propane and Gasoline. I drove on propane until it was empty and switched to gasoline. After a few minutes the Jeep started chugging and sputtering. Then it dawned on me, when they were filling the gas tanks at the gas station it forces standing water from the tank into the pump and then into your car. We don't have Auto Zones or O'Reilly's here in Lima so finding fuel injection cleaner is difficult. But thanks to the pandemic I have a ton of alcohol. I will try that.
I am so happy I saw this video. Will stop by Walmart tomorrow I added waterd down gas not knowing
Can STP gas treatment do the same?
The point isn't that these things remove the water from the tank but that they will mix with the water(unlike gas) and make the water combust, so the engine will burn it.
always wondered. Thanks for that info
The water doesn't 'combust' it just becomes steam; steam is a good thing inside of a combustion engine though, it cleans a bit.
@@SmooveBee1 It can, but too much and too long, it can also add to carbon build up because it reduces the efficiency of combustion of the gas itself, and when gas doesn't combust fully and efficiently, one of the byproducts left behind is carbon.
THANK YOU,, VALUABLE INFO..
The alcohol combines with water and does not separate. However, the water/alcohol mix does not combine with gasoline, so you engine is burning the water/alcohol mix (burns poorly) rather than pure water (which won't burn at all). Water in your gas is a bad thing no matter how you slice it.
Found out stabil has a shelf life (2yrs) but there is no mfg date on the product. Called stabil ,asked how do I find out how long it’s been on the shelf@retailer. Their response. Good question
Thanks for the video.
I have two questions.
Would you do one for diesel? More and more manufactures are offering clean burning diesel engines to their inventory.
I have purchased many additives and each one has its own fuel-to-additive recommendation. Do you think the results would have been better/worse if you would have used each manufactures recommendation on ratio?
Thanks again.