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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 06:12 PM
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What do you store your PS in??

I know this has been discussed over and over, but the threads are so spread out I thought I would just make one dedicated to this question. I know about the plastic getting eaten away by the Diesel Kleen PS and stuff. I need to upgrade my small water bottle I use to something bigger. I figure I wanna use something are 15-18oz of ps and oh about 8-10oz of mmo. sooooo just looking to see if anyone found any clever ways to store the additives for a 1 dump shot to a tank full. Just bought another 96 oz container of the stuff.

Thanks all, lets here some ideas

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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 06:20 PM
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I have a 32OZ PS bottle that I fill to the right levels. For me it is a 16oz shot of some Valvoline (Cummins) Diesel lube and 16 oz of 2 cycle eng oil (low soot). I keep them mixed in the bottle and when I fill up... I dump it in.

I did the same when I still used PS but for a while I couldn't find it. Buy the big bottle....fill the little one...
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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 07:26 PM
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I use old MMO bottles for storing PS in the toolbox. Easy to pour into the tank with the long skinny spout.

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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 07:33 PM
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I found out the hard way that PS will eat through a styrofoam cup before you can pick it up off the ground.
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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 08:05 PM
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I mix my brew in a 16 oz disposable water bottle. This is enough for 34 gal. of fuel but since I refill at 1/2 tank, I just dump a 16 oz bottle in for every other tank. I have several of these bottles with the mixture & I reuse them over and over.
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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 08:15 PM
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Easy - I buy the large jug of silver PS and mix it 3:1 with acetone in the small bottles of silver PS I have laying around the shop, then load up to 3 of them in the SS rack I made for the bed under one of the side boxes.

I put between 1/3 & 1/2 bottle in the tank each fill up, depending on how "frisky" I'm feelin'
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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 09:48 PM
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I might just have to go buy another small bottle of the power service so I can use it. Good thing they started making the lids better, they use to leak like crazy and make the cab smell awful!
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Old Aug 19, 2006 | 01:17 AM
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I mix a batch of PS Diesel Kleen and MMO and fill up a bunch of 16.9 oz plastic coke bottles. Put 3 in a heavy duty zip lock bag under the back seat. I just grab one on every fillup and then throw it away. They do not leak. Been doing this for about 2 years now.
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Old Aug 19, 2006 | 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by HorseHauler
I might just have to go buy another small bottle of the power service so I can use it. Good thing they started making the lids better, they use to leak like crazy and make the cab smell awful!

I put my bottles into zip lock bags, that has kept everything including the smell contained so far.
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 11:48 PM
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8oz Nalgene brand laboratory grade plastic bottle.. It is resistant to PS and it fits perfectly between the PDC and the battery box. Just the right size to pour the PS into the filler neck. It's location gives an added incentive to pop the hood and check the oil and such at every fillup.
I refill it when I get home or if I hae the jug in my toolbox, while the diesel is pumping.

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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 07:24 AM
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I store my PS in one of those fancy purple bags that say Crown Royal on it I tie it to one of the camper top clamps and it keeps it from tipping over and spilling out.
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 08:24 AM
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Hey guys, beware that ziplock bags won't hold in PS if it leaks out of the bottle. I had it leak out the cap of an old bottle and eat through the ziplock bag to still stink up the truck.
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by banshee
Hey guys, beware that ziplock bags won't hold in PS if it leaks out of the bottle. I had it leak out the cap of an old bottle and eat through the ziplock bag to still stink up the truck.
Well not sure what zip lock bags you use, but before I used coke bottles, I just put the PS container in the zip lock bag. The PS containers will leak very easy. I have had at least a couple of ounces of PS in the zip lock bag for few days and never ate through.
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 08:45 AM
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I put PS and 2 cycle oil in 16 oz. water bottles. Got 2 tupperware type container from walmart that that holds 3 bottles each and put them under the back seat.
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 08:48 AM
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I have a cardboard box in my toolbox. In it, I keep the gallon of PS, MMO, Gallon of Rotella, & a funnel that I got from Autozone that has a valve & measurements on it.
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