

| Subject: | Re: Disposal of old watery gasoline?? |
| From: | tom ring |
| Date: | Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:05:13 -0600 |
I would only say, no offense intended, that it would be foolish to use a collectible vehicle, with an expensive to fix, often finicky engine, to dispose of bad fuel. Run it in your lawn mower instead. tom On 25 Jul 2003 at 20:51, Jonathan Farrugia wrote: > i have in the past metered it in with full tanks of fresh gas. the > process i used was this > > 1. drain fuel in to clean container and let it settle out large particles > for about a week. > > 2. filter the fuel with a fine mesh filter (binks paint filter), pour > slowly and as you get to the bottom stop so that the sludge and large > particles don't get into the filter. > > 3. leave the filtered gas to sit for a week. if there are no particles > in the bottom of the container after a week, begin metering it in when you > fill up the tank. i was putting a half gallon per tank full, and didn't > suffer any negative side effects other than a small smell of stale gas > once in a while. i also ran a bottle of fuel injector cleaner after the > process was done. > > jonathan > > On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Bradley Flubacher wrote: > > > I have about 5 gallons of old diesel I must dispose of. I've been trying > > to for several months now, with no luck! Let me know what you find! > ------ Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW EN34hx 85 Wolfsburg Westphalia Albert 96 Jetta GL The Intimidator taring@taring.org "It is better to go into a turn slow, and come out fast, than to go into a turn fast and come out dead." Stirling Moss
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