Shaking Up Fuel Bottles?

[Ron Van Putte]

John Ferrell wrote:

> The guy that mixes fuel down at Red Max said it might make me feel 
> better. He also said that if I could separate the ingredients without 
> distilling them to let him know & we could both get rich!
>  


This reminds me of a guy I know who insisted that you had to shake a 
fuel jug before using the fuel, because it would separate.  I took an 
empty clear quart bottle, poured it full of fuel, put it on a shelf and 
left it.  Periodically I'd tell him to look at the bottle. That bottle 
sat on the shelf for years and never separated.  The truth is that 
nitromethane, methanol and synthetic oil go into solution and cannot be 
separated. However, if it makes some people feel better if they shake 
the fuel jug, let them shake it.

Ron Van Putte

>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Don Livermore <mailto:dlivermore at mchsi.com>
>     To: discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>     Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 3:54 PM
>     Subject: Shaking Up Fuel Bottles?
>
>     Someone who has been racing rc cars for over 20 years and is a
>     very qualified rc guy asked me this week if I had been "shaking"
>     the gallon fuel bottles to mix the ingredients up before using. I
>     had gotten a bad gallon of fuel that was just purchased from  a
>     local  hobby shop and in questioning him about this is when he
>     asked me the question. I have been doing rc for over ten years and
>     I have never done this or have ever seen anyone doing this. Do any
>     of you out there in "pattern land" do this? Thanks.....Don
>

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