Help, water in gasoline 16 hp kohler

[SmokeyBear]

I left my lawn tractor outside we got 1/2 inch of rain. I left the gas cap off which is 4 inches in diameter.
So I figure I got 3 to 4 ozs of water in there. Should I be concerned? The tank is 2.5 gallons. Should I drain it. I go through about 1 gallon a week.

 

[cptbarkey]

Yup, dont start it. Drain it, however it makes sense.
Transfer pump, or pull the tank completely, etc.
I'd clean the carb too if the fuel shutoff wasnt closed.

 

[97prizm]

Definitely drain the tank and lines even throw some heat to pull residual moisture out.

 

[Cujet]

Can you siphon the fuel out, clean the tank properly, then pour back the fuel, making sure to avoid pouring in the water?

 

[FowVay]

You took in 6 cu inches of water. That's a lot. I'd take the tank off and drain it all into a can/tank. You can remove the water and reuse the fuel once you get it into manageable quart or pint quantities. One benefit of this is that you can use the rainwater to remove the ethanol from your fuel... if you're into that sort of thing.

 

[SmokeyBear]

Thanks ill be draning it and cleaning all out

Thanks

 

[Brian123]

I left my lawn tractor outside we got 1/2 inch of rain. I left the gas cap off which is 4 inches in diameter.
So I figure I got 3 to 4 ozs of water in there. Should I be concerned? The tank is 2.5 gallons. Should I drain it. I go through about 1 gallon a week.

I know people leave their Lawn Tractors outside, why was the Gas Cap left off? Did you add Gas and forget to put the Gas Cap back on?

 

[JohnnyG]

Drain the carb float bowl too.

 

[SmokeyBear]

Thanks for all your replies. I got the gas out. I'm not going to salvage the gas. Where can I take it? Can I dump in with used oil salvage?

 

[SmokeyBear]

Drain the carb float bowl too.

I'm taking the fuel pump and carb apart now to clean and dry. My bowl bottom has a selonoid with no drain.

 

[jhellwig]

Put e10 in it and run it. It will take the water out of it faster than regular gas will.

 

[Dinoburner]

Thanks for all your replies. I got the gas out. I'm not going to salvage the gas. Where can I take it? Can I dump in with used oil salvage?

No, do not mix fuel with oil then expect a recycling center to take it.

 

[oil pan 4]

Yeah dump it. Water burns about as well as coffee faxes.

 

[Lawnman23]

Thanks for all your replies. I got the gas out. I'm not going to salvage the gas. Where can I take it? Can I dump in with used oil salvage?

Lookup online if your area has an Environmental Center of some sort that takes hazardous materials. Often are run by the county or city.

If not, some cities have a hazardous material dropoff day of some kind throughout the year.

 

[joegreen]

Could just let the gasoline evaporate by setting it outside for a few days

 

[Lubener]

Pull the tank and clean it out with rubbing alcohol.