Mythbusters proved that getting actual gasoline to light is surprisingly
difficult. The fumes on the other hand...
-Curt
On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 11:53:03 PM EDT, OK Don via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
I forgot - you can fill a can with gasoline and drop a match in and it'll
go out - Dad proved that point once. Liquid fuels need to vaporize to burn.
On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 10:50 PM OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Two things - one, Diesel burns, or our engines wouldn't run. Two, a
> neighbor - an old farmer - burns piles of trees that he's cleared by
> pouring a couple of quarts of Diesel on the pile, and setting it on fire
> with one of those long lighters.
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 9:06 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>> I now remember an instance in which diesel fuel did burn. There was a
>> terrible wreck just outside of DC about 20 years ago involving a Diesel
>> powered train on the commuter line. The tank ruptured and since it was
>> under pressure, the fuel burned fiercely, incinerating 10 people inside
>> one
>> of the cars. It was one of the most awful accidents ever in this area.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2020, 7:27 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I like this.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > -D
>> >
>> > > On Mar 10, 2020, at 7:00 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <
>> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > OR, with any cylindrical vessel; make a mark, fill with water to the
>> > mark, weigh. Empty and dry carefully, fill with unknown to line, weigh.
>> > Weight of unknown over weight of water= s.g. of unknown.
>> > >
>> > > Greg
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of
>> Greg
>> > Fiorentino via Mercedes
>> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 3:51 PM
>> > > To: 'Mercedes Discussion List'
>> > > Cc: Greg Fiorentino
>> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Gasoline in Diesel
>> > >
>> > > I think the best method would be to get a graduated cylinder or some
>> > other accurate measure and weigh a sample to get the specific gravity,
>> then
>> > check against the values for each fuel. I brew, so have the tools; plus
>> > former chem major and lab worker.
>> > >
>> > > Greg
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of
>> > dan--- via Mercedes
>> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 11:21 AM
>> > > To: Mercedes List
>> > > Cc: d...@penoff.com
>> > > Subject: [MBZ] Gasoline in Diesel
>> > >
>> > > Buddy across the street has a late model diesel pickup truck, a
>> Dodge, I
>> > believe. He thinks his kid filled it up with gasoline, but is not sure,
>> and
>> > if so how much.
>> > >
>> > > Is there any way he can test the fuel to see if it’s got gasoline in
>> it,
>> > and/or the concentration?
>> > >
>> > > -D
>> > >
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> OK Don
>
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> pause and reflect." Mark Twain
>
> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few
> who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric
> fence for themselves."
>
> WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers*
> 2013 F150, 18 mpg
> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
>
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OK Don
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
pause and reflect." Mark Twain
"There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who
learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
for themselves."
WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers*
2013 F150, 18 mpg
2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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