Cheers guys
Agreement on 500ml to 1 litre of metho into the tank. Water and metho are missible, ie they mix together, so problem will solve itself providing the water amount is not excessive.
I had not heard of the E10 trick, but it sounds worthwhile for the next couple of fills just to make sure all that nasty H20 is gone.
Cheers guys
MY07 Polo GTI APR'd - Gone!
Just to explain what happens for the benefit of future readers.
Petrol floats on water. The pick up for the car fuel system is in the bottom of the tank so if you have water in the tank it will sink to the bottom, be sucked through the fuel filter and potentially hydraulic the engine.
Adding meths causes the surface tension between the water and fuel to break down and the three products to mix so the meths/water/fuel mixture passes harmlessly through the engine where the meths and fuel burn and the water is just evaporated out the exhaust as steam.
There will be no issues with such a small amount of water causing rust in the system either.
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