Old/Junk gasoline??
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Old/Junk gasoline?? Hey guys,
With my swap getting closer to completion, I'm faced with a question - how to responsibly dispose of several gallons of "stale/expired" gasoline that's been sitting for way too long (meaning over a year)?? I know that people bring old cars back to life all the time, & I'm pretty confident that not every one of those cars magically had an empty tank... The easy thing to do would be to just dump it somewhere, but even though I'm pretty much the Anti-"bunny-hugger" type, I just can't get behind that idea (even though it might work wonders on that stubborn patch of weeds in the backyard...
Hmmm... 
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What do you guys do when it's more than just a small amount?? Thanks in advance.
With my swap getting closer to completion, I'm faced with a question - how to responsibly dispose of several gallons of "stale/expired" gasoline that's been sitting for way too long (meaning over a year)?? I know that people bring old cars back to life all the time, & I'm pretty confident that not every one of those cars magically had an empty tank... The easy thing to do would be to just dump it somewhere, but even though I'm pretty much the Anti-"bunny-hugger" type, I just can't get behind that idea (even though it might work wonders on that stubborn patch of weeds in the backyard...
Hmmm... ).What do you guys do when it's more than just a small amount?? Thanks in advance.
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Cool! Keep your eyes out for a package later this week... 
Seriously though, I just have a "normal-sized" front & back yard, it would take a while to burn through the 10 or 12 gallons that I have with a lawnmower...
Seriously though, I just have a "normal-sized" front & back yard, it would take a while to burn through the 10 or 12 gallons that I have with a lawnmower...
Took 10 gallons out of mine after it was sitting up for over a year with the current swap. Was probably ok -- but I simply put 2 gallons at a time into our other cars so it was diluted with 8-10 gallons of fresh gas. No problemo.
This is what I would do too. I would not recommend putting it in a lawnmower if its fairly new, it would probably kill it. I've had good 10% ethanol gas screw up a perfectly fine Honda lawn mower..... I only run non-ethanol in them now.
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diluting it and running it is probably fine but for me id rather buy some cheap containers and take it to the local hazardous material disposal facility
yeah it costs money but its cheaper than valves, fuel pumps, injectors, etc
yeah it costs money but its cheaper than valves, fuel pumps, injectors, etc
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A little common sense goes a long way here guys. If you’re dealing with 5-10 years of slumber, old tanks that may have corrosion/debris issues, if you SEE a problem when removing the gasoline - then, of course, putting it into another vehicle might not be the most prudent idea. If you’re dealing with a car that sat for 12-18 monhs inside your heated garage, you simply want to start your brand new crate engine on fresh fuel and everything that came out of the hotrod looks clean then burning the older 93 octane fuel in one of your 87 octane DD’s is a low risk proposition. As for the hazardous waste option - seems the “news” is chock full of stories of entities both private and public that aren’t actually recycling (oil, other hydrocarbons, paint, plastics, batteries - list goes on) the way we thought they were. Disposing of old fuel that way would be my last resort - no, I don’t trust my govt sponsored recycling program. BTW - I filtered through cheese cloth when I was pumping the old fuel out and I use a translucent 5 gallon race-can so you check for debris. Common sense....
Last edited by Michael Yount; Jun 25, 2018 at 01:41 PM.
A year isn't that old. Like the guys say run a few gallons at a time through other motors/lawn mowers.
Small amounts I just burn.
Our county recycle center does not take things like gasoline, brake fluid, carb cleaner etc. Pretty much just oil, antifreeze and latex paint. That means brake and power steering fluid gets sealed in old old containers and stuffed in the bottom of a garbage bag. I use a brand of carb cleaner to clean bike chains. When that gets too gunky to continue using I burn it off in an old metal drum.
Be careful with recycle centers. When I lived in LA many years ago I called the county to figure out how to recycle my old oil. They told me it had to go to one of several recycle/haz mat centers. They told me they would test it and if there was ANY antifreeze in the motor oil it couldn't be recycled. In that case they would put my name on it, store it away and I would somehow be responsible for it forever.
At that point I just continued to seal the old oil into empty jugs and toss it in the dumpster.
Small amounts I just burn.
Our county recycle center does not take things like gasoline, brake fluid, carb cleaner etc. Pretty much just oil, antifreeze and latex paint. That means brake and power steering fluid gets sealed in old old containers and stuffed in the bottom of a garbage bag. I use a brand of carb cleaner to clean bike chains. When that gets too gunky to continue using I burn it off in an old metal drum.
Be careful with recycle centers. When I lived in LA many years ago I called the county to figure out how to recycle my old oil. They told me it had to go to one of several recycle/haz mat centers. They told me they would test it and if there was ANY antifreeze in the motor oil it couldn't be recycled. In that case they would put my name on it, store it away and I would somehow be responsible for it forever.
At that point I just continued to seal the old oil into empty jugs and toss it in the dumpster.
