Filtering gasoline: Can paper coffee filters such as the type used in Mr. Coffee machines be used to filter gasoline? Will the gasoline break-down the make-up of the filter and lead to...

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

Can paper coffee filters such as the type used in Mr. Coffee machines be used to filter gasoline?

Will the gasoline break-down the make-up of the filter and lead to more impurities?

Thanks,
~Lee

Jack47 Loc: Ontario

llamb wrote:

Can paper coffee filters such as the type used in Mr. Coffee machines be used to filter gasoline?

Will the gasoline break-down the make-up of the filter and lead to more impurities?

Thanks,
~Lee

I hate to ask, but why????

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

llamb wrote:

Can paper coffee filters such as the type used in Mr. Coffee machines be used to filter gasoline?

Will the gasoline break-down the make-up of the filter and lead to more impurities?

Thanks,
~Lee

I think you'd be ok--get some dirt in the gas can? I'd use a funnel with a fine screen myself. But, then, I already have one.

Shipwreck Loc: Michigan

Go to Dieselfueldoctor.com and see what you can do with old fuel.

twowindsbear

Try a coffee filter. BUT filter from a container into another container NOT the 'machine's' fuel tank. This would prevent contaminating the machine if the coffrr filter fails. Good luck.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

llamb wrote:

Can paper coffee filters such as the type used in Mr. Coffee machines be used to filter gasoline?

Will the gasoline break-down the make-up of the filter and lead to more impurities?

Thanks,
~Lee

I think you would be alright if the filter got wet with gas first! I remember reading an old trick of getting water out of gas with a ball cap, the material had to be wet first with gas, never had to try it though so be careful, Bob.

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

Jack,

Long answer:

I have eight cans for gasoline. Some for my tractor, two more for mowers - one in my garage, another in my shed in the back yard. I keep a standby can near our backup generator. Three different two-cycle mixes.

Every year (or so) I like to completely empty the cans and refill with fresh gasoline - real gasoline, no ethanol. The cans do not play nice and refuse to keep in sync so I empty the cans into the tractor and drive the 30 miles to a place that still sells the real-deal.

When the cans are empty I blow-out any debris with my Nikon compressor (I might be wrong about the compressor's brand) ;-) I treat all the gasoline with Sea Foam and rarely have fuel related problems - cleanliness is next to carburetorness.

Now, onto the answer! The bag that holds my paint/gasoline filters was left open and dust from my sanders (garage serves as my woodshop) found its' way in and soiled them. I was tempted to use the coffee filters but let this batch go without filtering.

Short answer: I am curious.

~Lee

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

bobmcculloch wrote:

I think you would be alright if the filter got wet with gas first! I remember reading an old trick of getting water out of gas with a ball cap, the material had to be wet first with gas, never had to try it though so be careful, Bob.

Thanks, Bob

~Lee

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

twowindsbear wrote:

Try a coffee filter. BUT filter from a container into another container NOT the 'machine's' fuel tank. This would prevent contaminating the machine if the coffrr filter fails. Good luck.

Good point! Thanks.

~Lee

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

jaymatt wrote:

I think you'd be ok--get some dirt in the gas can? I'd use a funnel with a fine screen myself. But, then, I already have one.

Thanks, Jay. With clipping and sawdust and other airborne impurities I just don't want to take any chances. I have to get another funnel with a fine screen; my ex-son-in-law used mine and kept it but returned my daughter. I hope the ESIL gets dirt in HIS carburetor. ;-)

Dirt in a carburetor is like dust on a lens or mirror.

~Lee

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Just a note: I used the same procedure for keeping gas fresh until fuel stabilizer for gas containing ethanol hit the market. I use 89 octane in my implements.

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

Shipwreck wrote:

Go to Dieselfueldoctor.com and see what you can do with old fuel.

Thanks, Shipwreck.
~Lee

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

llamb wrote:

Thanks, Jay. With clipping and sawdust and other airborne impurities I just don't want to take any chances. I have to get another funnel with a fine screen; my ex-son-in-law used mine and kept it but returned my daughter. I hope the ESIL gets dirt in HIS carburetor. ;-)

Dirt in a carburetor is like dust on a lens or mirror.

~Lee

Sorry about the daughter, but maybe she's better off having been returned.

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

DaveO wrote:

Just a note: I used the same procedure for keeping gas fresh until fuel stabilizer for gas containing ethanol hit the market. I use 89 octane in my implements.

I'm lucky to be able to get real gasoline. It lasts a long time, engines run better with it, and I'm not taking carburetors apart anymore. I, too, use 89 octane. I love Sea Foam stabilizer and their carb cleaner, although I rarely have had to use the cleaner recently.

~Lee

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

llamb wrote:

I'm lucky to be able to get real gasoline. It lasts a long time, engines run better with it, and I'm not taking carburetors apart anymore. I, too, use 89 octane. I love Sea Foam stabilizer and their carb cleaner, although I rarely have had to use the cleaner recently.

~Lee

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