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Old 2006-01-15, 04:45 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by Paul@dbtuned
While the "running empty" senario is possible, it's not very likely to happen.
I have yet to run the tank dry.
I buy a 5 gallon can of methanol, pour half into the old/empty can, and then fill both cans up with distilled water.
10 gallons last me about 4 months.
And that's with me driving HWY 49 2X a day.

Even during a track day, I only used ~1/2 tank.
I wasn't really too concerned with running out of water. I was more just curious as to why there's an easily accessable switch if turning the system off w/o remapping the ECU would be dangerous. Unless the switch was also toggling the ECU parameters to step down the power of the motor, it seems like it should be located in the trunk, or somewhere else that it's unlikely to be accidentally turned off.
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