Deja Q
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Sun Aug-28-05 05:24 PM
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Can gas stored for 4 years still be usable? |
sam sarrha
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Sun Aug-28-05 05:27 PM
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1. no.. not worth the risk... there is stuff you can put in it to store it., |
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Sun Aug-28-05 05:28 PM
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2. Is this gas you want to store? |
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or gas you have stored? If it's been in 4 year storage without some additive to stabilize it, dispose of it.
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Sun Aug-28-05 05:30 PM
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5. Had stored for a trip which I shall likely take next week... |
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But I want to use it if possible; if not safely empty them at a gas station and re-fill. :-(
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Sun Aug-28-05 05:28 PM
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Not just for you, but your whole neighborhood.
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Sun Aug-28-05 05:30 PM
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Was there any stabilizer added to it? Gasoline begins to go bad and form varnishes after only about a month unless you treat it with stabilizer...
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Sun Aug-28-05 05:31 PM
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6. Some people say it goes flat... |
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But, I had a generac generator stored (empty) for several years along with 5 gal. of gas in a sealed can that was purchased the summer before and the generator blasted off on the second pull after the prime. I was on a little island that was my remote field camp in the White Sea about 6 miles south of the artic circle and it made me real happy. I'd missed working there the previous season due to bad (windy weather) on the 3 occassions I tried to land.
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Sun Aug-28-05 05:36 PM
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7. Big difference between a generator and a motor vehicle! |
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my motorcycle would probably shut down in utter protest if I tried using old gas. ;)
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Sun Aug-28-05 05:41 PM
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9. Maybe, I wouldn't claim this to be the rule, and I filled the gas |
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from a bulk tank at a Russian field station so it might have not been just plain old gas.
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Sun Aug-28-05 06:53 PM
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11. It sounds as if your gas was stored at low temperatures, too. |
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Less unwanted chemical reaction would occur.
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:57 PM
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12. Well if -40C is low you are probably right. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:03 PM
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13. That's what I figured. I recently smelled some old gas... Varnish! |
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Edited on Sun Aug-28-05 08:04 PM by BikeWriter
It deteriorates quickly in our hot climate.
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Sun Aug-28-05 05:39 PM
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it'll smell bad (different than fresh gasoline) because it separates without the afore-mentioned stabiliser.
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Sun Aug-28-05 06:01 PM
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10. it probably isn't even liquid anymore |
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