- Joined
- May 14, 2018
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- Location
- Western Mass.
- Vehicle Year
- 1994
- Make / Model
- Ford/Ranger XLT
- Engine Type
- 3.0 V6
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
- Tire Size
- 225/70/R15
- My credo
- If it's not broken Don't Fix It!
Since we, in the northern hemisphere, have entered into the cold season and water in the gas will affect us much more now so dry gas is now a necessity for many of us, I figured why not have a place to discus what has worked well.
In school they taught us not to use anything that didn't have Isopropyl alcohol in it and I must admit it was good info and has turned out to save my family, friends and myself lots of grief... except my cousin who didn't use it and replaced a crank sensor trying to get his car started in the winter. I went over pressed the fuel rail shrader valve and fuel dribbled out. I put a can of dry gas in it, went in side and had a coffee, went back out it started after.
Personally I use Heet, red bottle readily available at the local wally world, a few times throughout the winter months and have only once had an issue with a frozen line in years using it but that was due to excessive water from the gas station, last year. I put a bottle of this in and didn't have issues again.
What works well for you? Have you found brands that work better than others?
In school they taught us not to use anything that didn't have Isopropyl alcohol in it and I must admit it was good info and has turned out to save my family, friends and myself lots of grief... except my cousin who didn't use it and replaced a crank sensor trying to get his car started in the winter. I went over pressed the fuel rail shrader valve and fuel dribbled out. I put a can of dry gas in it, went in side and had a coffee, went back out it started after.
Personally I use Heet, red bottle readily available at the local wally world, a few times throughout the winter months and have only once had an issue with a frozen line in years using it but that was due to excessive water from the gas station, last year. I put a bottle of this in and didn't have issues again.
What works well for you? Have you found brands that work better than others?