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02-01-2011, 08:15 AM
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Dropped into gas tank
I'm a little absent minded sometimes, and this morning was one of those times. I was dumping a bottle of fuel injector cleaner into my 04 Ranger, and I thought I peeled the paper tab at the top of the bottle all the way off, but I didn't and it fell into my gas tank. What is going to happen now?
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02-01-2011, 08:33 AM
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Re: Dropped into gas tank
May float around may get stuck to the filter, may not do anything. If it does anything you will notice it then you just run the gas out drop the tank and pull the pump out reach and give it a good cleaning.
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02-01-2011, 09:24 AM
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Re: Dropped into gas tank
Yup. If it floats on the surface, it will probably do nothing since the pump intake is obviously below the surface of the fuel at the bottom of the tank. If it sinks, it could get stuck to pump intake but I doubt it has enough suction to do that. It doesn't move that much volume of fuel so I don't think you'll have a problem.
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02-01-2011, 09:33 AM
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Re: Dropped into gas tank
Your truck will explode if you let the speedometer drop under 55mph
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02-01-2011, 09:38 AM
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Re: Dropped into gas tank
Oh yeah. I forgot about that in my previous post... Minor detail.
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02-01-2011, 02:32 PM
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Just zip-tie it
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Re: Dropped into gas tank
lmao
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02-01-2011, 02:34 PM
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Re: Dropped into gas tank
There is a bomb in the bus!!!
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02-01-2011, 03:24 PM
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Re: Dropped into gas tank
Does the fuel filler neck have a filter on it?
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02-01-2011, 03:26 PM
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Re: Dropped into gas tank
nope.
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02-01-2011, 03:27 PM
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Re: Dropped into gas tank
i bet you could siphon the gas out and the paper will coem out with ti...juts use a bigger hose? but then again i know nothing about gas tanks
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02-01-2011, 03:34 PM
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Re: Dropped into gas tank
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Originally Posted by FireRanger
Yup. If it floats on the surface, it will probably do nothing since the pump intake is obviously below the surface of the fuel at the bottom of the tank. If it sinks, it could get stuck to pump intake but I doubt it has enough suction to do that. It doesn't move that much volume of fuel so I don't think you'll have a problem.
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Thats good news! I have almost done that a few times myself!
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02-01-2011, 04:54 PM
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Re: Dropped into gas tank
it will fart it out of the exhaust system.
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02-01-2011, 05:05 PM
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Re: Dropped into gas tank
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Originally Posted by Drexl
Your truck will explode if you let the speedometer drop under 55mph
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Too Funny ! LMAO !
I think nwe all at one time or another did something like that , maybe not as good or bad ...
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02-01-2011, 06:52 PM
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Re: Dropped into gas tank
Chances are, it'll eventually dissolve and end up stuck to the fuel pickup..
I did the same thing on my 89 Ranger except it was the power steering pump.
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02-01-2011, 08:01 PM
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Re: Dropped into gas tank
pump has a screen on it... I wldnt worry bout it
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