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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!
>

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