Mr. Obvious
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I picked up at the local Southern States a 60 cc plastic syringe for $1.49. You can go to your local feed store for animals that also sells animal medicines if you don't have a Southern States.
Don't need the needle either, just the plastic syringe. Its marked in 1 cc increments.
60 cc is nice since you can add 50 cc of gas and 10 cc of water. Then take the #cc increase above the initial 10 of water, double it, and that is the ethanol percentage. Agitate for 5 min to get the most accurate measurement.
You can suck in 50 cc of gas out of a cup and then suck in 10 cc of water out of another cup. Keep your thumb over the bottom to keep from any seeping out while you shake it. The top is sealed by the plunger.
Online I read that this type of test only is 60-80% accurate. My gas raised the level from 10 cc to 14 cc (4 cc increase) which is 8% Ethanol so it seems correct.
Don't need the needle either, just the plastic syringe. Its marked in 1 cc increments.
60 cc is nice since you can add 50 cc of gas and 10 cc of water. Then take the #cc increase above the initial 10 of water, double it, and that is the ethanol percentage. Agitate for 5 min to get the most accurate measurement.
You can suck in 50 cc of gas out of a cup and then suck in 10 cc of water out of another cup. Keep your thumb over the bottom to keep from any seeping out while you shake it. The top is sealed by the plunger.
Online I read that this type of test only is 60-80% accurate. My gas raised the level from 10 cc to 14 cc (4 cc increase) which is 8% Ethanol so it seems correct.