Turning Red Diesel Back into Clear for Free

Turning Red Diesel Back into Clear for Free

08-04-2008, 04:54 PM

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Turning Red Diesel Back into Clear for Free

The other day I was doing a little experiment, I had a copper fitting sitting in a clear water bottle. It ended up getting left outside sitting on the back of a trailer for a couple of days in the sun and when I came back it was no longer Red. So I am wondering if it was just the sun bleaching the fuel? Was the copper fitting involved in the change? And I wonder if it actually changed the chemical properties of the fuel? The first bottle was just 20oz so not much I can do to see the truck still runs on it. I put 5 gal in a Jaz jug to see if it will do the same thing. So well see in a couple of days.

What do you guys think?

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