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I wouldn't recommend it. I have however heard of people using alcohol to help clear up bad gasoline. If you get gas from a sleezy gas station and they are mixing a little water with their gas, or you somehow get water in your gas tank from condensation, or a dirty trick, you can mix a small amount with a full tank to burn the water out. Gas and water don't mix. However, alcohol and water mix (isopropyl alcohol is just pure alcohol mixed with water), and alcohol and gas mix. It works like a buffer. Too much alcohol can burn valves, and set off your O2 sensor. If you have something in the tank that shouldn't be there, the best thing to do is remove the tank, have it cleaned and flush the fuel lines going to the engine. Isopropyl alcohol by itself would seriously mess up the internals of an engine. To sum things up, i wouldn't do it to a car i liked.
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Will rubbing alcohol remove water in a car gas tank?
Rubbing alcohol is 70% isopropyl alcohol, so you wouldn't use it since it contains some water. Use 99% isopropyl alcohol instead.
How do you clean pyrex?
If a nice isopropyl alcohol scrubbing doen't work, try a blue flame (possibly propane gas) cleansing.
Where was rubbing alcohol invented?
According to someone named Jerry who wrote a household hints book I once had, isopropyl alcohol was invented by scientists at the Standard Oil Company in Linden, NJ in 1920. They were trying to invent useful substances from by-products of gasoline manufacturing. They did a few procedures with propylene gas and out came isopropyl alcohol!
How do you clean stained pyrex?
If a nice isopropyl alcohol scrubbing doen't work, try a blue flame (possibly propane gas) cleansing.
Is propylene alcohol posionous?
Yep. Isopropyl alcohol, or isopropanol, is made from propylene gas. It shares many properties with synthetic ethyl alcohol. It is poisonous if consumed. You'll find it in the household products, including windshield washer fluids and nail-polish remover. One of the most common is rubbing alcohol, which usually consists of isopropyl alcohol diluted in water. http://www.boston.com/yourlife/home/articles/2007/05/03/why_so_many_types_of_alcohol/
Poison gas and tanks in world war 1?
Poison gas (of several varieties, including chlorine, mustard gas, and phosgene) was used in WW I, but tanks weren't used until WW II.
What weapons were used in WW1?
machine guns, mustard gas, tanks
Can gas tanks be used for diesel tanks?
Yes as long as all the gasoline is removed. Be sure and write diesel on the tank.
What was the effect of machine guns tanks poison gas and airplanes used in the battles along the western front?
what was the effect of machine guns, tanks, poison gas, and airplanes used in the battles along the western front
Water instead of gas was put in a truck's gas tank?
Add isopropyl alchol
Can you mix sodium chloride with rubbing alcohol?
I know for a fact that you can mix rubbing alcohol and water, as most rubbing alcohol is a water and isopropyl alcohol solution, but when you mix vinegar and backing soda a gas is produced, so it probably wouldn't mix that well.
What new weapons were used in ww1?
machine guns, mustard gas, tanks
