Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 19:56:29 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
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Hi Mike..
the reason I can't really say mix old gas 50-50 with new gas is people
will be all over that saying it will harm injectors and fuel pumps or
what not.
That's why I have to say 'in tiny amounts'.
here is what I think is masterful ..
knowing exactly what one can get away with and what one can't.
But even then ...if you know what you can get away with like that...
people will be freaking out that you're advising people to do something
harmful to their Fine Machine.
or that you can't tell there's been damage yet , but there might be
really.
lol....if you've tightened literally 25,000 or more lug nuts by hand and
feel for over a nearly half century of working on cars , and suggest
that doing so is just fine ..some people will freak out sayingyou MUST
use a torque wrench every time ( how come the owner's manual
doesn'tmention that for a flat tire, hmmmm ? ) or you'll kill yourself
with your improperly tightened lug nuts.
Somewhere on atthescale, there is an intelligent pointwhere experience,
practicality, and plain sense intersect.
On 4/5/2013 6:55 PM, Mike B wrote:
> No, not hard at all, Scott. Mix old stale gas 50/50 with fresh gas and
> it burns just as well as any other gas.
> As you already explained, there's no easy way to legally dispose of it,
> and it's too expensive to discard when it will burn just fine in your
> vehicle. I would know, I've already done this trick many times before.
>
> Mike B.
>
>
> On 4/5/2013 9:36 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>> running fresh gas into a fuel pump that had a little oil or WD-40 in it
>> and right into your fuel filter then engine, isnot likely to do anyharm.
>> That's one of the reasons I suggested WD-40 ..
>> a fantastic unversal moisture disperer. And not harmful to much at all.
>> Don't drink it though.
>>
>> ways to get rid of old gas -
>> just let it evaporate ....very bad in environmental terms, possibly even
>> illegal.
>> 2. burn it in tiny amounts in a running car or van.
>> 3. sneak small amounts into your waste engine oil that you turn in for
>> recycling.
>>
>> no joke either ..something like5 or 10 gallons of old or contaminated
>> gas is not an easy thing to get rid of.
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