> I do like the azbility of draining > water from my tanks.... wish I could do so in my auto...
In your car, use alcohol fuel to scavenge the water. I've heard that the alcohol comes out of suspension in the presence of water and combines with the water. This gives a mixture that will go through the engine without engine stoppage. I've had one forced landing from frozen fuel line at -5 degrees. The frozen water in the bottom of the tank melted during a 2 hour cross country and refroze in the metal fitting where the fuel line goes through the firewall. I'm a telling you! When we put auto gas-line-deicer in the nose tank that ice and the ice in the gascolator melted within seconds! I've also had two automobile gas-line ice-ups, both solved quickly by this de-icing stuff. And, I've never had automobile gas-line-ice when using gasohol. I wish I could regularly use a gas-line-deicer in my plane in winter but the automotive kinds are not approved for planes because of the fuel system materials airplanes use. I know that, when I've tried to put automobile gas-line-deicer in my plane, some nasty brown polutants come down to the gascolator and engine. If anyone knows of any FAA approved gas-line-deicer, please let me know. -- Ed Burkhead East Peoria, Ill. N3802H, 415-D
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