Dave: Methyl hydrate is just alcohol, and the main ingrediant in all gas line deicers. I buy it by the gallon, and keep one gallon on hand always. Same product as lock deicers, it keeps your windshield wash from freezing, back bone of air brake conditioners and used to deice your plane. It's much cheaper than all those other products too. Then there is my Scotish heritage, my ancestors always said, "look after your pennies and the dollars will look out for themselves."
This condensation issue always happens in these winters where temperatures constantly fluctuate above and below freezing. I'm not running my SA or 140 right now, however my 130 has been causing me grief. Twice in the past week the sediment bowl has been half full of water, and once they reach that half way point some of it does go on to the carb. Some will say it should disappear once temperature rises above freezing, I say not quickly, that fan is blowing cold air on the carb.
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