Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 05:08:55 -0400
Reply-To: Mike B <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
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From: Mike B <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
In-Reply-To: <515F8EDD.5090701@turbovans.com>
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Gasoline alone, with impurities filtered out, whether old or new, will
never harm anyone's fine machine in any way. If anyone felt that their
machine was too fine to take such a chance at possibly ruining it with
the use of one kind of gasoline over another, then I would suggest just
using it in another not-so-fine machine, like your lawn mower or their
other car. Also, saying that I have done this with without any harm,
but "your mileage may vary", covers your ass nicely, if you really feel
the need to do so. I don't here, so, those people who might freak out
should just return to their previously scheduled program and disregard
the good advice of those who know better.
Mike B.
On 4/5/2013 10:56 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> 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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