What to use 20 year old gas for?

SDE · Nov 9, 2014

It smells like turpentine. I have about 9 gals. of it. It is also a dirty brown color, which might clear up. Can it be mixed two parts of good gas to one part bad gas and still be able to run in my old tractors?
Thank you
Steve

mmfan55 · Nov 9, 2014

I use old stuff like that as a parts washing solvent. I am sure if you just want rid of it you could get it gone a gallon per tank in an old tractor; your call.

AlanA · Nov 9, 2014

(quoted from post at 00:25:57 11/10/14) It smells like turpentine. I have about 9 gals. of it. It is also a dirty brown color, which might clear up. Can it be mixed two parts of good gas to one part bad gas and still be able to run in my old tractors?
Thank you
Steve

Fire ant beds...

Allan in NE · Nov 9, 2014

Use it to start a bonfire.

Allan

casecollectorsc · Nov 9, 2014

If you put it in a tractor, more than likely stick the valves. BTDT

Case Nutty 1660 · Nov 9, 2014

AGREED Steve!! I have seen it first hand several times DO NOT USE IT in a engine, like other said kill ants ect, as for a parts cleaning fluid I cannot stand the smell of it on my hands

Steve@Advance · Nov 9, 2014

I would not try to run it in anything! Not worth the damage it will cause.

Some communities have hazardous waste disposal facilities. That would be the green way to get rid of it. Otherwise, use it for fire starter... BUT be careful! I did that once, poured 5 gallons of rancid gas on a big green brush pile, poured a long fuse, lit and ran! The whole pile lifted about 10 feet off the ground!!! I was runing around putting out grass fires in every direction! LOL

60 acre hillside · Nov 9, 2014

How would you get rid of the smell if you used it to clean parts? Terrible smell

Dean · Nov 9, 2014

Works great on brush piles.

Dean

Geo-TH,In · Nov 9, 2014

Try using using as a parts cleaner, if you can stand the small and you don't get it on you. I wouldn't use it in a tractor.

Wile E · Nov 9, 2014

Turpintine huh?
Insect killer, or when you want to revarnish the wood doors in the house.

wayneh · Nov 9, 2014

Weed killer.....

Old weldor · Nov 9, 2014

Burn brush! Do not attempt to mix it with good gas. That won't fix it you will gum up your fuel system and possibly stick valves.

37chief · Nov 10, 2014

Pour it down a hole. I made the mistake of trying to use old gas, and got a good case of sticking valves. Stan

SDE · Nov 10, 2014

I have some oil I need to dispose of also. I will look in to who and where to take it to. My brush pile is going to need some help getting started after we get dumped on today, but I don't know if I want to burn all of it on a brush pile. Thank you
SDE

Blackhole49 · Nov 10, 2014

Do not put it in a tractor at any ratio. instead of 9 gallons of bad gas, you'll have 9xX gallons.

wjytexas · Nov 10, 2014

got fire ants? a fire ant mound is the perfect place for it.

Mark - IN. · Nov 10, 2014

Have a problematic neighbor that doesn't like you and you don't like them? Wait until about 2AM when you are sure he (she) is sound asleep, sneak all of the containers onto their property in tact, then make a anonymous call to the EPA and leave my name out of it as well. Two birds with one stone.

Mark

DaninKansas · Nov 10, 2014

If you listen to some on here you'd think you could pour that 20 year old gas into your chainsaw and it would run just fine and it would be so much better than anything you could buy today with ethanol in it.

I agree with others below - use it to start a brush pile fire.

Pajamafied John · Nov 10, 2014

My old gas was only 18 years old. Great for parts washing then use it to start bonfire. Didnt care bout the smell so much as it really cleaned parts well. Particularly the wire mesh in a 2n air filter canister.

travis miranowski · Nov 10, 2014

Dump it!! Just the other day I bought a old hit and miss gas engine that had not been run in about 20 years. It still had about a gallon of turpentine smelling gas in the tank. Drained it out as best as I could and added fresh gas. There was probably only about a pint of the old gas left. Started and ran very good. The next morning the piston was stuck!! Hard!! The bad gas had Set up and stuck overnight!!

Hlmillus · Nov 10, 2014

I thought I could get rid of some old gasoline so I mixed a very small amount with good gas in my Allis Chalmers 615. It seemed to have extra power and then the next time I started it it bent about 6 pushrods. I had also put a little in my 425 JD lawn tractor and it caused one of the pushrods to jump out of the cup on the rocker arm. I dumped the rest, a little at a time and burned it outside in a coffee type can.

redforlife · Nov 10, 2014

I'm with most of the others. Don't try to burn it in your engines. $30 worth of gas isn't worth it. I would use it to spray weeds with. If you mix up your weed killer in that instead of water it will really nock the heck out of your weeds.

GregCO · Nov 10, 2014

Yep. Brush piles and weed killer. It is not worth trying to save as a fuel in an engine.

Greg

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