Dry Gas

[live4swell]

Anyone have experience with dry gas? Should it be used in the winter? The only reason I ask is a friend of mine decided to use it because his car was acting funny...just wanted to see if I should just use it, i am sure its only good to use

 

[carina71]

Anyone have experience with dry gas? Should it be used in the winter? The only reason I ask is a friend of mine decided to use it because his car was acting funny...just wanted to see if I should just use it, i am sure its only good to use

Gas stations used to switch to a winter mix here to help reduce water vapour in the emmissions (so the ice fog did not get so bad). I think that is what you are talking about(?). I've never heard of it help a car run better. I can tell you that no one here liked it much, because gas mileage went way down, and headaches went way up. Since then, about 5 years ago, I think the've changed the formula, but I'm not sure. I haven't heard anyone talk about that here for the last five years, so either the formula has been changed, or we are just tired of complaining about it, or just normal gas is used now.

Sorry, this thread may not be much help to you...

 

[carina71]

Re: dry gas

It has been -10 pretty consistantly here in Vermont in the past few weeks. Last weekend I was driving along (with a low tank) & all of a sudden my 4R just died on me. I coasted it over to the side of the road & started it up again. My reading showed that I had 75 miles left on my tank, but it seemed as if I was out of gas.

I then went to the next gas station & filled up. As I'm driving home, it dies on me AGAIN. I knew it wasn't out of gas since I just dropped $40 into her, so it had to be moisture in the tank/lines. I stopped & bought some dry gas & put it in. Problem went away instantly.

Enlighten me please. WHAT is dry gas?

 

[live4swell]

Dry Gas is a gas line anti-freeze/water remover...it will remove any water in the gas tank/gas line that has formed from condensation. When it is cold out and you let your gas tank get low, more gas vapors form and it condenses in the tank and gas line then it can freeze. I have read that during the winter months you should always have atleast 1/2 a tank of gas to prevent this or atleast not have as much condensation. You can buy dry gas from an auto store or as an alternative you can use Isopropyl Alcohol that is 99.9%, not like most household rubbing alcohols that are only 70%. Symptoms of water in your gas are like what were stated in the previous post...my friend complained of rough idle and his check engine light also came on. The dry gas seemed to clear it right out.

 

[live4swell]

If my post makes no sense...lol...here is quoted info from a website:

"Dry Gas. Adding dry gas to your cars fuel



If you find that your car is running poorly during the winter months it could well be small amounts of water in your fuel. These small amounts of water freeze and cause your car to run badly.

Most gas/petrol that we buy does have some kind of gas line antifreeze that prevents the water from freezing. However you can buy a product called 'dry gas' that will help to remove the water from your vehicles gas tank. Ask at your local motor accessory shop.

In good old TipKing style I do have a money saver. You can use rubbing alcohol that contains 99.9% isopropyl alcohol, which costs about a third of the price of commercial dry gas. Do be aware though that some brands of rubbing alcohol do contain 70% isopropyl alcohol and the rest is water. So do not use that as it will defeat the object "