Dry gas- Hacksaw, you must know HEET in the yellow bottle, you live in Alberta. The stuff to get water out of fuel lines? That is what you use.

Using gasoline in one... yeah, it would be a rocket if you were lucky.

I've never heard the term dry gas before...but since you put it in that perspective, it makes sense since it takes the water out of gas


A Pepsi Can Stove and a bottle of HEET would make a great addition to a trunk kit since the HEET serves several purposes.

You could also use the windshield washer antifreeze designed for SUPER low temps since it's mostly alcohol...another multi-tasker. Around here I only use the winter stuff all year...you never know when it's going to freeze...even in June or July!

IIRC, dry gas is pretty much ethanol, not gasoline. And soemone with a chemistry background might correct me, but I think adding it to gas is supposed to allow a mixture between water and gasoline. Gas and water won't mix, but ethanol will mix with both. Is that right?

Oh, I'm certain they can burn it once!

Ethanol absorbs water...readily. Normally gasoline floats on water which is why water does such a good job of rusting the bottoms out of fuel tanks. The Ethanol absorbs the water, then disperses with the fuel, being burned with the rest of the gas during normal combustion.

Can you say "Richard Pryor"?

Are you saying that all trunk kits should have 'milk and cookies'?

Dry gas - maybe "gas drier" would have been more appropriate. But HEET clears it all up.

BTW, I built a "Pepsi can stove". When I went to purchase the HEET I had to show ID for some reason. Anyway, the stove worked as advertised. Now, if I can seal it properly it would be even better.

My DS thought it was pretty cool.

MoBOB, you had to show the ID because the HEET is an often abused product. It is commonly used in the production of Methamphetamine. Some areas are becoming very restrictive on the sale, especially in warmer climates. There are several other items on the LEO watch list also. In my area, the possession of several bottles of HEET (usually more than 6), and a high index of suspicion, is all that is needed for LEO to obtain a search warrant.

It's not really funny but last year I bought a 40 gal. pail of Hydrochloric acid for some metal work I was doing...also used in the manufacture of Meth and I didn't get ID'd or anything.