Some times you have to wonder about people

[pfrederi 20,675]

I have a thread in the engine section about  an 856 that would die after 30-40 minutes. She is running okay again!!!!  the problem resolved mostly to the owner using last years regular ethanol gas stored in old metal cans over the winter.  He got a new plastic can and some ethanol free gas today and after we cleaned out the tank she ran great...I asked him what he did with the the year old funky gas...He put it in his van....????

[ri702bill 12,246]

Good enough to put in the ex-wife's car...

[Bill D 2,890]

Yeah, he might regret that.

[squonk 46,866]

If there is enough good gas already in the tank nothing wrong with doing that. Got to get rid of it somehow. Done it many times.

[pfrederi 20,675]

3 minutes ago, squonk said:

If there is enough good gas already in the tank nothing wrong with doing that. Got to get rid of it somehow. Done it many times.

 

 

Last time I checked new filter for cars are expensive and some of them require a mechanic to replace them

[953 nut 66,608]

When I wat to get rid of old gas I put it in a shallow pan and allow it to evaporate. Takes a little time but it is far better than sitting at the roadside awaiting a tow truck, besides, I am retired so watching bad gas evaporate gives me something to do.          

[lynnmor 8,847]

In the good ole days we cleared brush from fence rows on mother-in-laws farm by putting bad gas in jugs then place them with several lit candles near.  Standing way back and shooting at the jugs was a beautiful thing.

[SylvanLakeWH 31,552]

wet campfire wood fire starter...

 

 

[wallfish 20,049]

I do the same thing. It's a 30 gallon tank so a gallon of questionable gas into 25 + gallons isn't going to hurt anything. I will only do about a gallon at a time. 

Of coarse you don't dump in any particles that would clog a filter or water at the bottom. It's better than dumping it on the ground. 

[EB-80/8inPA 2,011]

I’ve been running some old gas through a lawnmower at about 2:1 ratio of fresh to old (not super old, though, and stabilized).   I’ll keep increasing the percentage of bad gas until it becomes a problem.  Hasn’t yet.  I don’t think a gallon or so in a full tank on the vehicle is gonna hurt either, as long as it’s not full of crud.

[adsm08 4,561]

1 hour ago, pfrederi said:

I asked him what he did with the the year old funky gas...He put it in his van....????

 

He will likely get away with it. Especially if he went and filled it with fresh fuel right away.

 

Dilution, plug EFI systems being a little less sensitive than carbs means it should not be as big an issue. I do the same thing, when I get old nasty fuel, or stuff with some contamination from other petroleum products, I dump it in the Explorer. 20 gallon tank and a replaceable fuel filter means I'm not worried about it.

[adsm08 4,561]

56 minutes ago, wallfish said:

It's better than dumping it on the ground.

 

I dump gas on the ground all the time. I just make sure to follow it up very quickly with a lit match.

[squonk 46,866]

1 hour ago, wallfish said:

I do the same thing. It's a 30 gallon tank so a gallon of questionable gas into 25 + gallons isn't going to hurt anything. I will only do about a gallon at a time. 

Of coarse you don't dump in any particles that would clog a filter or water at the bottom. It's better than dumping it on the ground. 

Yup. Strain it with a paint strainer to get the crud out.

[wallfish 20,049]

1 hour ago, adsm08 said:

 

I dump gas on the ground all the time. I just make sure to follow it up very quickly with a lit match.

OUCH! Dumping gas on the ground "all the time" and lighting it sounds intentional and probably isn't a good idea, it definitely still leaves quite a bit of contamination behind so don't do it any where in the 100 ft vicinity of your water well if you have one.

[adsm08 4,561]

5 minutes ago, wallfish said:

OUCH! Dumping gas on the ground "all the time" and lighting it sounds intentional and probably isn't a good idea, it definitely still leaves quite a bit of contamination behind so don't do it any where in the 100 ft vicinity of your water well if you have one.

 

Well it's not "all the time" and it's for ground wasps.

 

And we don't have a well.

[kpinnc 18,446]

2 hours ago, adsm08 said:

Well it's not "all the time" and it's for ground wasps

 

Old gas does a woozy on fire ants too.

 

Diametious earth works best but it takes a couple weeks to clear them out. 

[ri702bill 12,246]

10 hours ago, Bill D said:

Yeah, he might regret that.

Well, just add it to the list.....

[JoeM 10,037]

Not an old gas story but a story.

A co worker told me one time about his wife having a can opener that didn't work. She said "you can take this up to camp"

He told me what made her think it will not work at home but will work at camp.

I ask him what he did, I took it to camp and threw it away. 

I guess she thought it was still to good broken and could not throw it away.