On 11/28/2011 5:17 PM, Larry W wrote:
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On Nov 28, 5:06 pm, wrote:
On Nov 27, 11:34 pm, wrote:

I was getting the snow blower ready for winter and when I went to fill
the tank noticed the gas in the can was cloudy. The gas was purchased
around the beginning of Oct and stored with a tight lid so I cant
imagine it has gone bad...or has it???? Is it ok to use?

I called the gas station but they don't seem to know anything.

Sounds like water. Probably too late to see if gas station is at
fault.
Chamois filter idea sounds good or maybe even dry paper.

No amount of filtering will remove water from petrol.
Water in petrol is normal and is permitted to controlled levels,
Petrol is hygroscopic it absorbs water from the air and there is
water in it when manufactured.
It can only be removed by an adsorbent device..

Not entirely correct. Genuine, new chamois, first soaked in clean
gasoline can be effective enough for a snow blower, though certainly
would not be recommended for an airplane.

See for instance:
http://www.marineenginedigest.com/sp...n_the_fuel.htm
http://www.free-online-private-pilot...owerplant.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamois_leather


Gasoline is not hygroscopic unless it has been blended with ethanor
or other hygroscopic compounds.


I thought the term was "miscible". When you mix alcohol with gasoline
the mixture is miscible with water because the alcohol is miscible with
both water and gasoline. I thought "hygroscopic" referred to solid
compounds?

http://chemistry.about.com/od/dictio...efmiscible.htm

http://preview.tinyurl.com/6rfs94n

http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemis...Definition.htm

http://preview.tinyurl.com/7jy72cw

TDD