Bullshit. I don’t believe it. Gas do not turn into water. I am sorry, but somebody “borrowing” your gas and returning water is more likely explanation. (No special knowledge here, tell me I am wrong!)
When I was a kid, my little brother stole gasoline (from a neighbor’s lawn mower) -- and replaced the stolen liquid with water.
Also, most parents keep a close enough eye on young kids to make it hard for the kid to retain possession / control of something as large as a five-gallon gas can without risk of the parent’s finding out that the kid is in possession of something dangerous—and a kid will probably realize that before stealing a five-gallon gas can.
You are wrong! Ethanol is mixed into all modern gas, and is hygroscopic—it absorbs water from the air. This is one of the things fuel stabilizer is supposed to prevent.
Given that Jeff did use fuel stabilizer, and the amount of water was much more that I would expect, it feels to me like water must have leaked into the gas can somehow from the outside instead? But I don’t know.
I agree with Jeff that if someone wanted to steal the gas they would just steal the can. There’s no conceivable reason to replace some of the gas with water.
Bullshit. I don’t believe it. Gas do not turn into water. I am sorry, but somebody “borrowing” your gas and returning water is more likely explanation. (No special knowledge here, tell me I am wrong!)
Seems pretty unlikely: while the can wasn’t locked up, if someone was going to steal it I’d expect they’d just take the whole can and go.
When I was a kid, my little brother stole gasoline (from a neighbor’s lawn mower) -- and replaced the stolen liquid with water.
Also, most parents keep a close enough eye on young kids to make it hard for the kid to retain possession / control of something as large as a five-gallon gas can without risk of the parent’s finding out that the kid is in possession of something dangerous—and a kid will probably realize that before stealing a five-gallon gas can.
You are wrong! Ethanol is mixed into all modern gas, and is hygroscopic—it absorbs water from the air. This is one of the things fuel stabilizer is supposed to prevent.
Given that Jeff did use fuel stabilizer, and the amount of water was much more that I would expect, it feels to me like water must have leaked into the gas can somehow from the outside instead? But I don’t know.
I agree with Jeff that if someone wanted to steal the gas they would just steal the can. There’s no conceivable reason to replace some of the gas with water.
Read a bit about interaction between gas ethanol and water, fascinating!