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Originally Posted by DRRambler
Great find 
Isopropyl alcohol is commonly used in automotive fuel driers because it makes water soluble with the fuel. Make sure it is pure isopropyl and not rubbing alcohol which is already cut with water.
It's quite different from Methyl Hydrate which merely mixes with the water, leaving it separate from the fuel in the bottom of the tank. Not a problem if all you need to do is keep the water from freezing, but if there is enough of this mixture in the tank there could be a drive ability issue.
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Yeah, I though it was isopropyl or some ethyl based alcohol used in products like Heat and other fuel driers, so figured it was worth a shot. This stuff says 95% Ethyl Spirits, so I'm not exactly sure what it is, but it worked great. Night and day difference after adding it and running long enough to flush the fuel lines and fuel bowl. I asked for 100% at the pharmacy and this is what they handed me. Figured 5% of something else was hopefully small enough that it could still absorb the water. I'm debating running the gas all the way out in the hopes of getting rid of anything in the bottom of the tank, or topping off with good, read Gazprom, gas and just diluting whatever's in the tank.
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