Got my blower started today in anticipation of a predicted storm Friday. First pull in a year and away she went, but kind of sounded missy. About half a tank left that had been filled with Efree gas last winter and Sta-Biled. But I don't think it's very fresh now, smells rather stale.
So there is maybe one gallon left in a 4 gallon can that had filled the blower through 2 storms last year. This leftover because I ditched my gas mower for electric, otherwise it would be all gone, or at least fresher.
What do you do with it now? I can't burn it. And it's a pain to take to the hazardous drop off here.
Put the remainder in the car, then refill with fresh Efree/Sta-Bil?
Or just top it up with same, and add Sta-Bil to it? Kind of blend the old into the new.
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
Mark,
What we do with pressure washers in spring time is to mix/ fill tank with an ETHANOL free gas (Chevron 94 octane on west coast). No need to dispose of product in tank. Fire it up, and run your equipment.
You said you have about a gallon inside, then only add 1 gallon fresh to mix. Try to run as empty as possible before storage. add 1 more litre of 94 Octane.
All gasolines have a shelf life of approximately 30 to 45 days. Ethanol blended fuel turns to varnish the longer you leave it so i highly recommend you run that product dry. Store your equipment with NON ethanol fuel and sta bil in the future. When you intend to use again, clean and check your plug gap, add 1 litre of fresh fuel and go nuts again.
I use 91 octane ethanol free in all my infrequently used machines and a dose of sea foam at the end of each season. Sea Foam removes varnish in my boat, lawn mower, 63, chain saw, snow blower, and generator. Id give your blower a load of Sea Foam and fill it with clean ethanol free and let it run a bit.
Ive had chain saw gas last a couple of years and not go skunky in my gas can.
-- Edited by DonSSDD on Tuesday 20th of December 2022 08:05:43 PM
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
I use 91 octane ethanol free in all my infrequently used machines and a dose of sea foam at the end of each season. Sea Foam removes varnish in my boat, lawn mower, 63, chain saw, snow blower, and generator. Id give your blower a load of Sea Foam and fill it with clean ethanol free and let it run a bit.
Ive had chain saw gas last a couple of years and not go skunky in my gas can.
-- Edited by DonSSDD on Tuesday 20th of December 2022 08:05:43 PM
Yes... There is some good info on Seafoam by independent testers on Google.
Up here in boat country, where the boat gets driven 1-2 hours on Sat/Sun, then sits for 5 days. There was a lot of complaints this year about water in the gas, (blaming Covid again). The marinas are using Seafoam, not anything else, Stabil etc. The ethanol will go bad sitting in the tank in the sun for a week, I had it happen last year until I started taking the tank out of the sun and storing it in the shade....
I use it in everything, chainsaw, atv, boats, my 66.
Try this Mark.... Pour 6-7 oz of the old gas in a mason jar and seal it and set it somewhere that it won't get moved for 4-5 days. Then after 5 days look at the bottom of the jar and you will see the water in the bottom, different colour...
The fuel I'm stuck with was Shell Nitro non Ethanol. But it's a such a small amount, it's likely stale. But it did at least start the machine one pull. So how bad can it actually be?
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
It can't be that bad if it started easy and runs fine. As suggested maybe run a little Seafoam as suggested. I've never used the stuff but people sure rave about it.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Ditto on the Seafoam have used it for years and think that it works Awesome with old gas and new helps to keep it from going stale and helps clean out the varnish deposits.
