# Can you put water in a gasoline tank?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [January 29, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589 "2019-01-29T03:41:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Damnit-Jenkins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/damnit-jenkins/32/4323_2.png) [@Damnit-Jenkins](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Damnit-Jenkins)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/1 "2019-01-29T03:41:24Z")

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I searched around and didn’t find a good answer, so here is my question.

“Can you pull a gas tank from a vehicle and use it to store clean water?”

I thought if you did this IRL you would poison yourself, but this is a game, so some real world rules might not apply. Can this be done?

~ D. Jenkins

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**Author:** ![hydroplatypus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/hydroplatypus/32/4070_2.png) [@hydroplatypus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/hydroplatypus)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/2 "2019-01-29T03:53:58Z")

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Yes. So long as the tank is empty you can store whatever you want in it without issues. Previous content has no relevance.

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**Author:** ![KiBoy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kiboy/32/5863_2.png) [@KiBoy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KiBoy)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/3 "2019-01-29T09:55:15Z")

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Same deal if you have the tank installed in a vehicle. As long as you burn through all the gasoline in the tank you can then store clean water inside with no impunity.

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**Author:** ![Damnit-Jenkins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/damnit-jenkins/32/4323_2.png) [@Damnit-Jenkins](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Damnit-Jenkins)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/4 "2019-01-29T13:41:25Z")

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Thanks! I appreciate the confirmation. It was sort of bothering me.

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**Author:** ![kuros](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kuros/32/1788_2.png) [@kuros](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kuros)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/5 "2019-01-29T15:12:27Z")

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Not just water, either. Any liquid. I’ve got 60L tanks of bleach and ammonia at my base.

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**Author:** ![Damnit-Jenkins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/damnit-jenkins/32/4323_2.png) [@Damnit-Jenkins](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Damnit-Jenkins)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/6 "2019-01-29T15:39:00Z")

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> [@kuros](#):
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> Not just water, either. Any liquid. I’ve got 60L tanks of bleach and ammonia at my base.

Oh thanks for pointing that out. I’ve got a load of random liquids I’ve found. I’ll have to go scavenge more tanks.

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**Author:** ![kuros](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kuros/32/1788_2.png) [@kuros](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kuros)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/7 "2019-01-29T15:40:59Z")

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While still in the vehicle, damaged tanks will leak whatever is in them. Once out of the vehicle, they don’t seem to do that, so once you have Metal Cutting, you have effectively unlimited liquid storage.

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**Author:** ![Damnit-Jenkins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/damnit-jenkins/32/4323_2.png) [@Damnit-Jenkins](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Damnit-Jenkins)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/8 "2019-01-29T15:55:48Z")

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> [@kuros](#):
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> While still in the vehicle, damaged tanks will leak whatever is in them. Once out of the vehicle, they don’t seem to do that, so once you have Metal Cutting, you have effectively unlimited liquid storage.

Oh, I thought that I had to repair them or something. That is good to know!

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**Author:** ![kuros](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kuros/32/1788_2.png) [@kuros](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kuros)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/9 "2019-01-29T15:57:17Z")

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I’m not an expert at this game, so I could be wrong, but I haven’t had any problems lately with them spilling out of damaged tanks…

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**Author:** ![KiBoy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kiboy/32/5863_2.png) [@KiBoy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KiBoy)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/10 "2019-01-29T17:08:14Z")

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This definitely happens with red-name ( very damaged ) tanks. There is a reason you find those puddles of gasoline and diesel under the vehicles. That being said, yellow tanks never seem to leak from my experience.

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**Author:** ![kuros](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kuros/32/1788_2.png) [@kuros](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kuros)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/11 "2019-01-29T17:09:54Z")

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I’m saying that 60L Tanks leak while in vehicles, but do not leak when not in vehicles.

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**Author:** ![KiBoy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kiboy/32/5863_2.png) [@KiBoy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KiBoy)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/12 "2019-01-29T17:11:27Z")

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My bad. When a tank is not installed in a vehicle they will never spill their contents no matter what, you’re right about that.

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/13 "2019-01-29T18:05:22Z")

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I find an entire tank of fruit wine to be the finest addition to any shoddily thrown together car with a cart crudely nailed to the back.

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**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/14 "2019-01-29T18:53:57Z")

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Try a barrel of pinot noir, for the sophisticated gentleman!  
(Sadly adding a faucet accesses the clean water tank even when it’s built on a different tank’s tile, so you have to siphon or craft to access other tanks)

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**Author:** ![Damnit-Jenkins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/damnit-jenkins/32/4323_2.png) [@Damnit-Jenkins](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Damnit-Jenkins)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/15 "2019-01-29T19:54:13Z")

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I shall have to look into this! I didn’t know that you could craft wine!

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**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/16 "2019-01-29T20:57:56Z")

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Yeah you can brew several basic types of alcohol and distill spirits, I’ve found it’s a good reason to park my deathmobile for a couple of days now and then. That and cheese-making.  
(The pinot noir came in a barrel found in a mansion, of course)

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**Author:** ![kuros](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kuros/32/1788_2.png) [@kuros](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kuros)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/17 "2019-01-29T23:48:26Z")

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You can make _fruit wine must_ and other fermentable beverages, then put them in a (\*)Constructed fermentation tank.

Notably, you can use this to make vinegar, from which you can make batteries.

I’m a Gastank Full of Fancy Hobos kind of survivor, m’self.

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**Author:** ![Sanehatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sanehatter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sanehatter)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/18 "2019-01-29T23:52:35Z")

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> [@Mantar](#):
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> (Sadly adding a faucet accesses the clean water tank even when it’s built on a different tank’s tile, so you have to siphon or craft to access other tanks)

You only feel for that until you install a refrigerator and watch in awe as the morale bonuses skyrocket cause your booze is ice cold.

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**Author:** ![TheZoneWizard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/thezonewizard/32/1397_2.png) [@TheZoneWizard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheZoneWizard)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/19 "2019-01-30T14:07:04Z")

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Personally I like to NOT lug around sugar in my vehicle. So I chill at a maple barn and fill up a tank full of maple syrup and I have literally sugar on tap. Woot! xD

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**Author:** ![Damnit-Jenkins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/damnit-jenkins/32/4323_2.png) [@Damnit-Jenkins](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Damnit-Jenkins)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-put-water-in-a-gasoline-tank/18589/20 "2019-01-31T02:35:01Z")

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So I went a little hog wild and siphoned/uninstalled a bunch of tanks. My Lucky SUV and a little sedan are now fully fueled and transporting massive amounts of disassembled furniture and car parts. I now have a main base and a raid base that I am bouncing in between. I decided to set up multiple water collection tanks. Then I remembered to create a bunch of faucets… and herein lies my next problem.

How do you install a faucet on these massive 60L tanks? Do I have to install the tank on the vehicle and then install the faucet? Can I install the on a tank thats just sitting on the ground?

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