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Wanderer:
There's also the problem that some of the "plastic" from the wheelie bin may have started to contaminate the fuel as well as the safety nightmare and legalities already mentioned.
Serious bit over..
I'm sure there are some MC members local to you that would help you to dispose of it in their tanks :)
TUFFTEE:
Here Here!! I'm up for it? :lol: :lol: :lol:
abinitio:
keeping to the 10% max option in a tank of derv will be fine. As Tufftee and others mentioned, it's done all the time in colder climates, and not just in trucks, in vans and cars too.
However the wheelie bin does cause a problem, not so much from it contaminating the fuel but from it melting.
Also the storage volume does also cause an issue though I'm not sure on the exact quantities, but then again if in 'proper' jerry cans etc it's not a problem unless you tell people.
PS, don't tell your neighbours about the wheelie bin being full as if startled you'll have the emergency services around pretty fast :shock:
Lee
Putting derv in a petrol is also an old car dealers trick, makes the diesel run better for a while (at high mixes) until after a few miles when the engine gives up.
thermidorthelobster:
I was cleaning carb bits in a plastic tray recently, and the petrol I was using as a cleaner started to eat through the plastic, even though the plastic wasn't actually immersed.
A wheelie bin's worth of fuel over the garage floor wouldn't be pretty...
Range Rover Blues:
2 1/2 to 5 percent petrol will help clean the diesel system but i wouldn't use more than than. BTW, the petrol will go through the weelie bin, get it in jerry cans now or the petrol will migrate and leave you with a useless sludge and no weelie bin).
Apparently space-heaters love it, diesel with petrol in it. My mate used to run his on it because the company cars next door were always coming in with the wrong fuel in them.
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