How to Dispose of Old Gasoline the Legal (and Safe) Way
First off, if I got old gas it's because I had beans for supper.
If you got old gas and want to get rid of it, find a neighbor who wants it.
Or, pour a gallon or so into your cars tank on each fillup and use it that way.
Or, pour it into a glass bottle, add some motor oil, and wait for the next riot.
Or, add a bunch of styrofoam to a bottle, cover it with gas, it will dissolve and make napalm.
Don't waste the stuff, it's expensive.
Hello. I had commercial neighbors who were scrapping cars. I happened upon them one day as they were pouring old fuel into a large tub. The smell was disgusting. Old gasoline breeds bacteria, yes, go figure. So their answer was to thin out this condensate with fresh fuel and pour it into their own personal vehicles. It still burns!
ReplyDeleteOld DIESEL will actually become infested with WORMS that FEED on it. In the Coast Guard they were called "Diesel Critters" aboard ship!
DeleteGood Grief.. Americans need help with getting rid of old gas? Seriously?
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DeleteBad gas happens and some people don't know what to do with it. Of course, many "non-Americans" living within our borders have no problem dealing with bad gas, as they tend to dump it on the ground along with used motor oil and the like. The rest of us give a damn... Is there a problem?...
DeleteWhat faggot wrote THAT screed??? Rule one is "DON'T LET IT SIT!" CYCLE your gas, using the oldest first. Shit happens though. Anyone with "farm" or "yard" machinery will eventually forget about a little-used engine and end up with "green" gas. You dump the bad gas into a gas can set aside for just such a thing. Get some good gas into the engine, get it going with fresh gas, and then run the bad gas through it. I usually add a little fresh gas to the bad stuff to give it a little kick. When the tank is almost completely empty, I fill it with fresh gas and let it run a while longer. Most times, bad gas won't allow an engine to START, but WILL BURN once the engine is RUNNING. I actually have an old Briggs & Stratton engine SET ASIDE for that job. It's an old beater from the '60's that will eat just about anything I feed it. If it's a really SMALL amount I pour it into a large, open-topped tin can and set it outside. The old gas will evaporate down to almost nothing after a couple of days.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't recommend dumping bad gas into your vehicle's gas tank. It can mess up the emission sensors. Also, if the engine starts to sputter because of the bad gas it can COOK your catalytic converter.
I work on boats & get a lot of stale gas, lots. If it's not completely rotten I run it through a Racor filter system & add it a few gallons at a time to the travel lift , yard truck & fork lift .
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