Oil & Fuel Tell diesel and gas apart ?

[daTeacha]

The nice thing about this is when you get them mixed up all you need to do is paint the red jug yellow and the yellow jug red.

Yeah, but only if you use good paint. Otherwise both jugs turn orange and the Kubota owner next door will claim they're his.

 

[john_bud]

Yeah, but only if you use good paint. Otherwise both jugs turn orange and the Kubota owner next door will claim they're his.

Let's not be brand exclusive. The Kioti owner could claim the same thing!

jb

 

[GDITheman]

Get the yellow diesel cans.

 

[RobJ]

Get the yellow diesel cans.

Yeah, they cost $5 more than the red ones. I'll splash on some paint!

 

[daTeacha]

I got one of each on sale at TSC a while back for around $9. Checked the price over the weekend and it was $17 each!

 

[ragkar]

54 replies on this topic and you guys still haven't come up with a safe and reliable technique. Odor, color, container color, flame, weight, touch and taste are prone to user error.

Well I have a safe and reliable technique - evaporation

Poor a little of the mystery fluid onto concrete or a flat stone. If the damp spot is gone in fifteen minutes, then it's gasoline. If the damp spot is still there six hours later, then it's either diesel or kerosene.

 

[Egon]

If you want reliable run the stuff through a chromat or other testing machine. Trained dogs would also do well.

 

[daTeacha]

How does Egon train dog to run Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrograph? Mine can't even operate the garage door opener.

 

[Rara Avis]

How does Egon train dog to run Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrograph? Mine can't even operate the garage door opener.

Watch the movie Crimson Tide and listen to Gene Hackman's explanation on the training of the Lipizzaners...That is how Egon trained his dogs...

 

[jeffinsgf]

54 replies on this topic and you guys still haven't come up with a safe and reliable technique. Odor, color, container color, flame, weight, touch and taste are prone to user error.

Well I have a safe and reliable technique - evaporation

Poor a little of the mystery fluid onto concrete or a flat stone. If the damp spot is gone in fifteen minutes, then it's gasoline. If the damp spot is still there six hours later, then it's either diesel or kerosene.

Excuse me, but I mentioned evaporation in Post #3.