Thank you! This is the best setup I’ve seen. I like your methods.
@Quantric Жыл бұрын
That's by far the best way I have seen for separation on KZbin. So thanks for that. I would also do this outside. And thanks for the links, although the 2000ml separator is expensive in the UK. I'll be giving it a go as suffering from expansion of the fuel tank on my Triumph Speed Triple.
@robertlarose43212 жыл бұрын
what do you do with the ethanol/water mix that's left? the ethanol is used to raise the octane in gas so you removed it which lowers the "grade" of fuel so what are you using to bring the octane back up.
@hserieshooligan1997 Жыл бұрын
Octane booster
@imcubanb28706 ай бұрын
At that point it would be cheaper to find a station that sells ethanol free gas, if you can.
@rickp33744 ай бұрын
@@imcubanb2870 it's getting harder and harder to find in some areas
@MrMattDatАй бұрын
Would that be an issue for the small engine equipment he mentioned? I am new to this and honestly curious.
@MrMattDatАй бұрын
Very cool setup. I am going to keep that list of equipment, but since that would cost me $150 to buy the pieces, I will start with some type of homemade solution! Thank you!
@Igotknobblies8 ай бұрын
What can be done with the ethanol/water mix? Can it be distilled to separate thenburn the ethanol to warm you home or cook on?
@schickmann8 ай бұрын
Pour down the drain..its only water and alcohol. Might even clean out your drain pipes!
@timothyzaporzan8638 ай бұрын
Never pour this or anything else that is flammable or reactive as suggested down the drain. This is how unsuspecting city employees get injured or killed. Please use common sense.
@schickmann8 ай бұрын
@@timothyzaporzan863 again...its only water and alcohol. Much much worse household chemicals are flushed down the toilet daily.
@ethanmye-rs3 жыл бұрын
Although I doubt most additives are very water soluble, you may be removing some inadvertently. Would be interesting to know exactly what is added.
@lisaecker613317 күн бұрын
Where are you discarding the water/ethanol mixture????
@julianmallett89902 жыл бұрын
where do you dispose of the ethanol/water mix. Is it hazardous?
@johnm88919 ай бұрын
It's 100 proof party time
@schickmann8 ай бұрын
Its only water and alcohol..just pour it down the drain
@Lou-eye2 жыл бұрын
After you shake it, how long does it take the ethanol/water to sink to the bottem of the red gas jug before you pour it?
@DavGre2 жыл бұрын
Can be as quick as a few shakes, but I recommend leaving it for some time because the water droplets will take some time to completely separate from the gas. Once the gas is no longer “cloudy”, then you’re good to transfer out the gas and water/alcohol layers
@schickmann8 ай бұрын
I let mine sit a couple of hours
@nappingpup1054 ай бұрын
Very nice.
@johnr5545 Жыл бұрын
Thanks god bless
@demetriosa764611 ай бұрын
How do U bring up the octane rating if your using 87 octane. And how Much octane booster do u Add for a gallon
@jctecson Жыл бұрын
can you use tap water instead distilled?
@imsmoother Жыл бұрын
do you want tap water contaminants in your engines?
@Bozemanjustin2 жыл бұрын
You shouldn't discard ethanol, you should distill it out of the water and keep it for other uses Table top water distiller does a great job
@DavGre2 жыл бұрын
Not sure what the ethanol would be used for, but it would have to be really quickly after separation because ethanol goes bad when exposed to water and one of the main reasons that people are even separating ethanol out of the gas in the first place
@solarsynapse Жыл бұрын
Couldn't you mix it in a water jug with a valve at the bottom then drain off the alcohol/water?
@jcaleca608 ай бұрын
Yes
@timothyzaporzan8638 ай бұрын
In using a water jug, as you are asking, you would have to ensure that the jug you select doesn't dissolve the plastic.
@solarsynapse8 ай бұрын
@@timothyzaporzan863 I was thinking a Gott cooler which I think is the same plastic as a gas can.
@JohnSaylock-ec4cd8 ай бұрын
So add 10% water to the jug. Dump in gasoline,. Shake a few times over the next few hours. And wait over night and pour the gas off leaving the water behind. Cool.
@sdrake742 жыл бұрын
Can someone please do a before and after at the lab !!!!
@jafinch782 жыл бұрын
I've recently wondered again how much cotton, a real chamois or maybe even just oven dried desiccant like say commonly found CaCl or silica gel would perform quantitatively?
@victoryfirst2878 Жыл бұрын
This gave me an idea Sir. Would just filling a gallon with salt at the bottom do the same thing and just discard the jug with inpureaties for the trash man ????
@arturos.l.2248 Жыл бұрын
Good for weedeaters
@calculusentropy Жыл бұрын
Sooo you aren't adding dye to the water to help identify alcohol/water mixture, and instead of letting mix separate in funnel you pour it out as 'gas' into can. You should let it sit, separate in funnel, pour out bottom alcohol/water mixture, then what remains is gasoline. Also you should start with highest octane gas you can get as the rating accounts for combustibility of the ethanol you remove. Start with Super in other words.
@imsmoother Жыл бұрын
No dyes
@petemisc4291 Жыл бұрын
Better idea and a hell of a lot cheaper if you just need maybe one or two liter for your leaf blower, just get a empty 32 oz. Clear bottle, fill with about 3.5-4 oz. Of water, rest gas, screw on top and shake. Wait an hour or over night, and than sniffing off the ethanol free gas. You prolly already have the bottle in your fridge, buy a sniffing hose and your good to go. No need for ~$120 bucks of glass.
@imcubanb28706 ай бұрын
Or find a gas station that sells ethanol free gas. I drive by a few places that sell it and its around 30-40 cents more than regular. Also doing this lowers the octane level.
@petemisc42916 ай бұрын
@@imcubanb2870 in Illinois there is no such thing, it’s all with ethanol. However I can get 100 octane at my small local airport 5 miles away!
@Landfill-70310 ай бұрын
Sorry, nice try but surely all too fast with far too much movement of the can causing small quantities of water and ethylene to remain in the gasoline, and better with a dye in the water. The glass container used is perfect for filling with the gas and water, bigger would be even better, and leaving for hours if not over nite, then opening the tap to drain the ethanol/water crap out, leaving just gas that can be emptied directly into a gas container ?
@wxfield2 жыл бұрын
Take it from a chemical engineer; This isn't how you properly use a separation flash (or funnel) at all.
@FiggTreeCompany Жыл бұрын
Tell us! I'd love to hear it.
@jmartz-ol5yp Жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@sipto45 Жыл бұрын
I would guess he means to let every pour settle and save the first bit of each pour and add that to the last pour. Maybe also do one more round of the last pour, or just the whole initial process saving the "head" of each pour for the last. Just a guess
@Mr.SuperDuper-idk8 ай бұрын
Did it work?
@timothyzaporzan8638 ай бұрын
How then does one properly use a separation flashy(or funnel), according.to standard methods. But don't forget sir, what is being demonstrated is for the average person to deploy.
@E85_STI2 жыл бұрын
Old PT shirt I wore mine yesterday to sand my fence.
@MisterDivineAdVenture Жыл бұрын
yeah - wtf wxf? do tell! Actually there are a dozen other ways this particular setup is overkill - but put it on a table and the container on a bench so you don't have to transfer it using an intermediary. If you pour that e10 etc into proper container like a 5-gallon water bottle from a water cooler (very thick) - and drain the water then pure petrol out a valve you install at the bottom you would be in business a lot faster - cheaper too! If you want to filter the last 0.1% of water from the gas you would have to run it through a paper-stack. They actually use rolls of toilet paper with no side-effects for that among other things. Just find a suitable PVC pipe and caps and you can DIY. You need a small fuel pump and the hose can go in and out the top - just let it run a few minutes. 1 roll will hold about a quart of water and the TP will show cracks and separations when it needs changing.
@imcubanb28706 ай бұрын
Or just buy ethanol free gas. You also wouldn't have to add octane booster to compensate for the octane drop.
@imcubanb28706 ай бұрын
This is only worth it if you can't buy ethanol free gas. Where i live its maybe 30 cents per gallon more and this equipment currently costs over $143. I would have to process almost 500 gallons once I deduct the ethanol removed to make this worth it. Fun experiment to do to test the gas in my area, though.
@shermanhofacker44289 ай бұрын
Using water, the mixture would have to set overnight to alow the water/alcohol portion to settle at the bottom. Using a clear juice bottle would alow one to just pour off the gasoline, leaving a small amount of gasoline on top of the water. Which is exactly what was actually done in the video! Capping off the residual water/alcohol/gasoline to reuse for the next batch without losing any gasoline. Or it could be siphoned... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnLEhKB3d8R5d6Msi=OjlW_-J1-EsQAzSG
@ReZipped8 ай бұрын
Maybe you could buy a gallon of ethanol-free gas. You might be spending fifty cents, but you'd save 30 minutes. Your process did look fun though.
@halc.28992 жыл бұрын
Nice effort but I’m not gonna break out my chemistry set every effing time I need gas.
@DavGre2 жыл бұрын
Some people don’t mind wasting gas, or potentially mixing water or plastics into their gas, for the rest of us, every drop of gas is worth the squeeze
@philherrick73198 ай бұрын
I agree I use a gallon glass bottle Shake it up and let it settle (a few times. Last time overnight) Then siphon off the gas on the top. Much less screwing around Also Don't have to buy all the breakers, etc
@kening954 ай бұрын
Go buy it at a non ethanol station, gas is flammable.