[Shop-talk] Cleaning a sealed gas tank

[Doug Braun]

You brought up a point that IMHO is a bit more interesting that the 
current
subject of this thread:  If you spill ordinary gasoline on your hands, it
stinks for the rest of the day.  But if you spill Coleman fuel on your hands,
it has no residual odor after it evaporates.  Otherwise
camping would be a lot
less pleasant. :-)

Doug

--- On Sun, 6/21/09, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
wrote:

> From: Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk]
Cleaning a sealed gas tank
> To: 
> Cc: shop-talk at autox.team.net
> Date:
Sunday, June 21, 2009, 11:59 AM
> > So if it claimed "not compatible
> with
toluene", you'd be okay with
> > that?
> 
> Sure.  I wouldn't buy it, because
it wouldn't be
> suitable for my
> application.  But lots of things aren't
suitable for
> my application.
> 
> >  Even though it's impossible to buy
gasoline that
> doesn't
> > contain toluene? 
> 
> Actually it is quite
possible.  Coleman camping fuel,
> for example, meets the
> definition of
"gasoline" but has no toluene in it. 
> And with the proper
> licenses, etc.
you can buy any petroleum fraction that you
> want.
> 
> But since the fuel I
buy for my car has both toluene and
> ethanol, anything
> that *I select* to
install in my car had best be compatible
> with those (and
> lots of other)
chemicals.
> 
> > Since, after all, toluene isn't gasoline.
> 
> That point is
also debatable.  "Gasoline" is defined
> as a blend of
> hydrocarbons
distilled from petroleum.  Toluene fits
> that description,
> ethanol does
not.
> 
> What's next, gonna sue Ford because not all their cars will
> run on
E85
> without damage?