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Re: Can i put food dye in my fuel?
Posted by 'SimonS' on 05 Apr 2010 @ 09:41


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We have been adding fuel dye to our opil for years, red dye to running-in oil (Castro R 40), blue dye to for 'ordinary' (Castrol 747).

We were advised by Castrol race oil techs that it was harmless and we use a hydrocarbon solvent dye.

They originally suggested (Dylon?) Leather dye but decided on the hydrocarbon solvent to be extra sure. They suggested NOT food dye.

At two drops of dye in a litre of oil (1 in 10,000?) and mixed at 4% (200 ml oil in 5 litres of fuel, 1 in 25) you are running at 4 parts dye to 1 million parts fuel.

The cost is far less than tie wraps and a fraction of the cost of an "OOps, no oil" rebuild when you were rushing to the grid and found the can that someone left a tiewrap on when they refilled with petrol.

And yes, dye the oil when you buy a new can, then you don't have to remember to do it for every fuel mix.

When we started, we used a hypodermic (with a blunt needle)but found that it was a lot of work keeping it clean and unclogged, unless you use an ultrasonic cleaner, and people kept leaving the cap off.

Message Thread:

Can i put food dye in my fuel?  by 'SJ5'   (04 Apr 2010 @ 9:42)
Re: Can i put food dye in my fuel?  by 'John'   (04 Apr 2010 @ 11:22)
Re: Can i put food dye in my fuel?  by 'red55'   (04 Apr 2010 @ 12:23)
Re: Can i put food dye in my fuel?  by 'Traxtar'   (04 Apr 2010 @ 14:59)
Re: Can i put food dye in my fuel?  by 'brinjono'   (04 Apr 2010 @ 15:13)
Re: Can i put food dye in my fuel?  by 'brinjono'   (04 Apr 2010 @ 15:16)
Re: Can i put food dye in my fuel?  by 'DINO'   (04 Apr 2010 @ 15:33)
Re: Can i put food dye in my fuel?  by 'SJ5'   (04 Apr 2010 @ 20:49)
Re: Can i put food dye in my fuel?  by 'Liam'   (04 Apr 2010 @ 22:07)
Re: Can i put food dye in my fuel?  by 'raceinstructor'   (04 Apr 2010 @ 22:19)
Re: Can i put food dye in my fuel?  by 'alanrr'   (04 Apr 2010 @ 23:06)
Re: Can i put food dye in my fuel?  by 'itpro'   (05 Apr 2010 @ 2:24)
Re: Can i put food dye in my fuel?  by 'SimonS'  << You are here!
Re: Can i put food dye in my fuel?  by 'brinjono'   (05 Apr 2010 @ 13:30)
Re: Can i put food dye in my fuel?  by 'UrbanTiger'   (05 Apr 2010 @ 20:25)
Andy  by 'Newshound'   (05 Apr 2010 @ 20:35)
Re: Andy  by 'UrbanTiger'   (05 Apr 2010 @ 21:29)
Re: Andy  by 'Newshound'   (05 Apr 2010 @ 21:56)

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