How to Remove Ethanol From Gas | Toolin' Around with Andy Bumatai  

Great comment--definitely shake up the Gasoline & Water--let it sit over night and then drain off the Ethanol. HAVING A CONTAINER WITH A BOTTOM DRAIN IS A REAL HELP.

You got it. Glad you liked it.

I'm glad you like the old bike. You'll be seeing a lot of it in the next month.

I'm glad you think it's cool because I sure did. Mahalo.

I'll tell Gary you said so. ...and, yes, stay tuned for more on the '27. Riding shots and all. Thanks for watching.

Thanks Edward. It was fun to learn this.

Ethanol isnt dangerous. Its only bad for the engine if it sits unused.

it’s bad for small engines.

@@edwardmichaels3388 i doubt theres any real evidence for this. Owners are worse for small engines than ethanol is.

Ethonol is bad for old motors/carburators and fuel lines with different types of material used at the time of their production. Also it's less efficient than 💯 gasoline.

Just be sure your booster is not made of ethanol lol.

Just start with 93 octane, small engines are made to run on low octane fuels such as 89 octane which is near what you will have once you remove the ethanol

yep. my mower loves the stuff.

Yes, I think you're right.

@@AndyBumataiShow Actually he's wrong. Lead was added by the Germans in the 1930's. The higher compression on the German made engines made the addition necessary. Most side-valve engines run fine on unleaded.

Tetra ethyl lead.

Lead was a cheap octane booster.

*Thursday only

The government loves to fix what aint broke.

If you do it so there's no gas in it it's just sugar and water basically. If there is a little gas in it dispose it like you would old oil or old gas. Your local dump will have rules on how to do that.

@@AndyBumataiShow cool thanks..

I don't think so. It separates, it can't mix and why he makes sure to take out a little gas after all the water/ethanol is removed but if you're concerned,, don't do it. I think there will be those who agree with you.

Andy Bumatai Thanks, Andy, for your video and your comment. I think if I was to do this method, I’d pump the gasoline out from atop the water rather than pumping the water from beneath the gasoline, if that makes sense. I realize he doesn’t want to hand pump that much (so would prefer a simple electric pump to do it the way I suggest), but that’s how I would do it to lessen the movement of the separated liquids, as is done in any chemistry lab. Just pump most of the gasoline back into the gas can, then discard the water (which he could have measured on the side of glass container rather than pumping back into the gallon jug; no gallon jug necessary). Just ideas, but there may be more to it that I don’t know about. ⛽️ Mahalo, Andy.

@@Burps___ Actually, it makes more sense to siphon from the bottom. That's because if you siphon the pure gas off the top, it's difficult to siphon off all the pure gas as you reach the alchol/water mix on the bottom. On the other hand, siphoning directly off the bottom (preferably with weighted tubing, it's very easy to see almost exactly whan all the alcohol water is removed without touching the pure gas. Try it and I think you'll see what I mean. But, to the video itself, he made a serious mistake. See my other comment that explains why he only removed a very small amount of the alchol. I'm really suprised that he didn't realize the error because it's really a glaring mistake. As to your original question (that someone else answered) water and gas DO NOT mix. Water is heavier that gas. It sinks right to the bottom. But water and alcohol DO mix and they also sink right to the bottom. There's no problem with adding water to gas as long as you remove it. The alcohol in ethanol attraches to moisture. That's how water gets in your gas. So, removing the ethanol eliminates that problem. It's ironic that to remove alchol, you have to add water to eliminate the problem of water in ethanol. They bond together and sink to the bottom so they are easily removed.

Please don't use an electric pump on flammable liquids.

Thank you

follow the money as always. farm subsidies for producing ethanol and bogus global warming bs politics

Congress wanted to bolster domestic petrol and (taking a cue from Brazil) mandated that gasoline would contain alchohol. A bad move because unlike Brazil that can utilize sugar cane waste, the US uses corn (that can otherwise be used to feed people)

Ha haaaa... No, you can't drink it OR use it on your plants.

I drank the ethanol in the refinery, before they mixed it with petrol. Tasted like cinnamon buns.

Good idea.

To better see the division. But he was playing safe and extracted some fuel after all the water was out.

Thanks George.

you're correct, however the word you want to use is hydrophilic. not hygroscopic.

Thank you

Thanks Bullion Forever.

Rob Y sound like ya know a thing or two! 10 gal of e10 yields 1 gal of ethanol when removed with 1 gal of water for a 50/50 mix of 2 gal. Now if ya had a Still and could fractionate the mix you should get rid of the water and any voc's remaining for 1 gal of drinkable corn based ethanol. Moonshine sells for twenty per gal. Just wondering!

I don't know the answers to all you questions. I saw Gary do it for the first time when I shot the video. I'd suggest setting up a safe test area and try out what you'd like to do. I wouldn't use plastic though. There are heavy duty plastic jugs the the gas wouldn't eat up but it would be hard to see what's going on through them. Just my 2 cents.

Gas will melt some plastics, please be careful.

I don't know. My buddy was doing it. Not me. Sorry. Thanks for watching.

Pour it on your lawn. It's sugar and water.

One guy said he poured in a metal can and burned it. But if it's got a little gas, not sure about that.

Should evaporate fairly easily over time

Planes and helicopter using kerosene. You can't put this into a regular motor.

@@TobiasRieperGER Small aircraft run on gasoline, though I'd surprised if you'd be able to fill up a gas can at an aviation fuel depot

Mahalo. Hah!

Check your local laws but in general you would treat it like old trans fluid or gas you used to wash parts. Gary says here in Arizona he's allowed to pour it on rubbish he'll be burning. He pours it on, wait until the water evaporates then burns the rubbish and the ethanol. You can also call your local auto parts store and ask if they have a method of disposal.

Andy Bumatai Thank you. You always have great tips and people on your channel. Ride safe.

Wonder if ya could distill it and get the grain alcohol for other uses 🤷‍♀️😉

​@@magicone9327I wouldn't

With K2CO3. Some salts dissolve better in water than in ethanol.

Mixed with the water, it's really not alcohol anymore.

"Lead" was added to gas, had nothing to do with lubrication. The "lead" is a byproduct that had no other use someone marketed as an octane booster doesn't really boost it that much. Much easier on the older engines than ethanol. I remember adds saying they removed the lead from gas, which was BS since they had to add it in the first place. With pure gas you will see an increase in mpg. Say you want to run pure ethanol on a carburetor engine you would have to increase the jet size to allow more fuel flow. Ethanol is not as efficient as pure gas. It does burn cooler than pure gas. Which is why racers or performance cars with turbos use it or E85.

I don't know.

It doesn't matter. It's not an exact ratio. Just as long as you pull out all of the separated water/ethanol.

Awesome 👍 thanks. Definitely going to be doing this.

Part of a gallon, notice how he marked the container with the level before he added it.

Sorry, but I don't know.

Basically,except you lose octane, so if you start with a higher octane gas it'll be better.

Water

That's a 5 gallon bottle in the video so use as much as in the small white jug.

At least 500mL

Yes, why are we being charged so much was my question too. I think I'll be buy 91 octane and converting it from now on.

Andy Bumatai Uncle converted it quickly and without much tools or a hassle. It’s something to really consider !

Yes it lowers the octane down about 4 points. That's why you have to use high test to start with.

Old scooters & motorbikes ain't .... and the ethanol kills the engines. You remember 2 star Petrol? Four star petrol needs 2 stroke oil in

Phil Cee yes I remember the old 2 & 4 star petrol of old, good stuff but now superseded with this ethanol crap, but have a look on the link below and enjoy the show that Matt puts on 👍🏻 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TGvs2fe348c.html

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Put an ounce or two of Klotz 2 stroke oil into your tank every fill up. Cleans and lubricates injectors and other good stuff. The old timers use marvel mystery oil in AIRPLANE engines. They say you can hear the difference.

That's the ethonal

@@C.O.SBurpees what I was looking at was before he added the water to the 5 gal jug, not after he siphoned the water back out.

you’re right, halfway to the line

10% should do the trick. You should have better results than they do here. There is at least 5% ethanol in gas, and soon it will be 10% you should be able to get almost all of it out just with water and gasoline.

Which is why you should start with Premium and or add octane booster after

"They say" the ethanol accounts for roughly 2-3% of the octane rating. He said he started with 91 octane, so what's left should be 88 octane. That's probably more than enough for most 2 stroke engines to run properly. If a person wants or the machine it's going in to, needs more octane, mix some octane boost in the gas. This was about removing the ethanol that dries fuel lines, attracts water to the fuel and it allows gas companies to sell lower grade fuel as higher octane fuel (ethanol enriched).

Did you hurt yourself trying to make this political? I guess when your only tool is a hammer everything looks like a nail.

@@AndyBumataiShow Not near as much as when I got gas for $4.68 a gallon yesterday. Now run along sonny. Don't get your panties in a wad!

@@billhamby3795 I think youʻre confused as to whoʻs panties are in ia wad. YOU brought it up NOT me. Oh, and "sonny?" You must be really old.

I won't violate the guidelines of the channel to respond. 🙄

Does water evaporate in your neck of the woods?

what a ego you have...listyen bubba..it's not about poer..it's about what happens to gas in a tank when it's allowed to sit for periods of time, in higher humidity where the alchol attracts water....so fucking anxiouos to sound off, you can't learn anything..typical republican,

treatments do not remove ethanol.

Maxx SpeedForce we are starting to see new gas stations installed here that are giving the option of non ethanol gas which is great to see

@Matt Unknown- that’s good news but where I live in the northeast there’s none as far I can tell, I’ve searched far and wide. I would much rather pay the extra cents than have to go on the process of having to remove that ethanol.

I live in Kommiefornia....non ethanol gas is not available,except the small cans @ home depot,ect...$7.a quart....all my equipment is damaged from this ethanol crap gas,..weed wackers, chain saws,mowers,pressure washer,rototiller,water pumps, log splitter, ... cars,trucks that not used much , rotts out steel gas tanks plugs up fuel system ect...thank you for this video !!

An act of Congress requires an act of Congress to undue. Rest assured that it was a clueless dips hit that suggested it.