Geordi
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2002
- TDI
- 14 JSW DSG, 03 Wagon 01M, 400k and IPT performance auto!
Then why smile about it troll?
There will ALWAYS be water in the combustion process, in gas or diesel engines. Where is this water coming from?
Humidity in the AIR that gets inhaled. Minute amounts of CHEMICALLY BONDED water in the fuel itself, from condensation formed during the transport process to the retailer where the fuel is purchased. This is quite normal, and perfectly harmless.
Gasoline has the same ability to hold water in a bonded state as diesel and biodiesel do. The water separators in diesel vehicles and in most boats, are for FREE WATER that is capable of separation. Free water would enter the combustion chamber by itself, not carried by fuel in a state of chemical bonding, and would not burn. Bonded water is, however, primarially FUEL with a few molecules of water. Burns just fine, and the water is vaporised and either flashes to steam, OR under extreme heat and pressure, might split to oxygen and hydrogen, and burn.
Free water is bad. Bonded water is a fact of life, and while something to try and minimize, you will ALWAYS have some in a commercially delivered fuel. That is a fact of life, there are acceptable margins for contaminants that the fuel companies have to deal with, and so do the carmakers. NO vehicle manufacturer EVER expects the vehicles to run on laboratory-pure fuel, why do you?
--Jim
There will ALWAYS be water in the combustion process, in gas or diesel engines. Where is this water coming from?
Humidity in the AIR that gets inhaled. Minute amounts of CHEMICALLY BONDED water in the fuel itself, from condensation formed during the transport process to the retailer where the fuel is purchased. This is quite normal, and perfectly harmless.
Gasoline has the same ability to hold water in a bonded state as diesel and biodiesel do. The water separators in diesel vehicles and in most boats, are for FREE WATER that is capable of separation. Free water would enter the combustion chamber by itself, not carried by fuel in a state of chemical bonding, and would not burn. Bonded water is, however, primarially FUEL with a few molecules of water. Burns just fine, and the water is vaporised and either flashes to steam, OR under extreme heat and pressure, might split to oxygen and hydrogen, and burn.
Free water is bad. Bonded water is a fact of life, and while something to try and minimize, you will ALWAYS have some in a commercially delivered fuel. That is a fact of life, there are acceptable margins for contaminants that the fuel companies have to deal with, and so do the carmakers. NO vehicle manufacturer EVER expects the vehicles to run on laboratory-pure fuel, why do you?
--Jim