Speaking of 2 cycle mix

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tdaniel

>Carole, just add a little at a time to your lawnmower tank til you use it up.

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Gary Evans, Tallassee, TN

>Yep,

You could burn it without mixing with your regular gas if you wanted to. It might smoke a bit, but it won't hurt a thing in a 4-stroke engine.

Gary

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MikeinCapeMay

>A buddy pours his in his truck fuel tank.

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Fog Tanner

>I put mine in the gas tank in my van. The percentage of oil in the mix to a tank of gas is not enough to worry about.

It won't hurt the lawn mower?

Carole in VA

>Even though it is old and yucky looking?

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Lan Brady

>Carole,

You now have some great ideas on disposal, but don't forget, you don't have to mix a gallon at a time. You can make it in half or one fourth each time.

Lan

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MP Wall

>If the thought of mixing into your car tank or your mower tank has you stalling. You could fill a paint can with sand and pour in some mix and light it up, repeat till gone. Second option is wait till you have a bonfire and need some ignition help. I swear I am not a pyro, well most of the time. MP Wall

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Glenn Madsen

>I think my tiller calls for a 50:1 mix.

My 4 stroke lawnmover wasn't happy with a fairly full tank of the stuff, but didn't suffer when I got ot thinned down with regular. The blue smoke may be due to some of that, or the fact that it's going on 18 years on this Honda mower.

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RonZ

>As told to me by my loacal dealer [not that that means much] that a mixture and/or gasoline is good for 2 months. I now have a small can [2 liters] of gas and my oil on the shelf. I have a small 1/2 liter container for the mix. It makes my 50:1 mix easy [10ml for each 1/2l]. I use what I need and make a new mix. When I need more gas I take it when I fill up the car. This way I don't have much gas on hand either at a time.

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Gary Evans, Tallassee, TN

>Hi Carole,

If it's old and yucky, then I would just mix in a little at a time in your lawnmower. I missed that part of your original post. Mixing it in the fuel tank of your truck or car is also not a bad idea.

Gary

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Anthony

>I have both,2 cycle and 4 stroke machines.I add stabil to all my gas,weather it's 2cycle or otherwise.I use last years gas in my snow blower,lawn mower,and weed whacker,and chain saw.Every one of my machines start up with no more than 2 pulls.I have been doing this for 15 yrs.and never had or have any problems.The stabil stops the gas from gumming up.I never drain my fuel from any of my machines,because that causes the any rubber seals to dry rot in time.

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Don Evans

>I would be very concerned that any car or truck that has fuel injection could end up with a costly repair putting that in the tank.

I wouldn't do it.

We have an old fashion REAL service station in town still and I can take it down there and dump it in their recycle tank. Really doesn't matter what it is long as it is petroleum base and goes in an engine.

Maybe you could find one of those stations near enough to you.

Don

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Russ Fairfield

>Does all of this mean that I can no longer just dump it in the back yard and throw a match into it. Kills grass, fire ants, and gophers too. The air shouldn't suffer any worse than running it through an engine. Once burned, there is nothing to get into the aquifer.

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Glenn Hodges

>I pore mine on fire ant beds, and watch up die.

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Dick Hines

>Makes nice starter for the scrap wood pile. Just make sure you stand back while lighting

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Tug Fork Bob

>One time (and the last time!) I added about a gallon of old 2 cycle mix to the gas tank on my truck. The tank was about 3/4 full at the time and before I went 50 miles the engine just quit. I had to punch a hole thru the middle of the fuel filter to go any further. Maybe coincidence, but I think that the oil clogged the fuel filter.

Bob

How old? Is East coast & West coast gas different?

David Sophusson, Custer Wa.

>Having 16 or more pieces of equipment that run on small engines I buy my gas in a 55 gallon drum sometimes twice a year. I try to buy it in the off season when prices are low. I have never added stabilizers to it and it will sit sometimes for up to a year and it has never gone bad. I don�t drain the tanks or run the motors dry on any of my equipment except for my outboard motor only because who knows when I�ll get some free time to go out fishing again. The only time I had gas go bad was in my water pump which I hadn�t used for almost three years and yeah it smelled a bit like varnish but adding some fresh gas to it it fired right up and never missed a beat. The only things I treat different are my 2-cycle equipment. A gallon of gas can go a long way in those little buggers. Since Stihl recommends a 50-1 mix with premium gas for my saw and trimmer that�s what they all get. The place I get my gas from has those pumps that have the grade selection buttons on the front instead of separate nozzles or pumps for each grade. So when I get gas for the 2-cycles I have to take two jugs with me. I put two gallons in the first jug to clean out the pump and hose of regular gas that the person before me probably bought then I�ll fill up the second jug which by then should be premium gas. Even Becky�s Hot Rod that sits out in the shop only gets driven 3-4 times a year and maybe gets new gas once a year has never had any problems and its fuel injected and supercharged.

I can�t believe that someone would throw out gas that is only 6-8 weeks old. Maybe in the old days or in foreign country�s where gas might not be what it is here today maybe it was a problem. But just because that�s the way Grandpa did it doesn�t mean that I have to do it. Just my experience from the last half century or so. I can still remember pushing that dang mower over Granny�s Hells Acre and a Half when I was eleven or so just so I could get my 2 bucks a week allowance!

Sophie, who best get his barrel filled this week before prices go sky high!

I second that!

Jorge Castaneda ~ Downeast Maine

>I do the same as Anthony with the same results, for years and years, besides gaskets drying in empty tanks, condensation happens too and then you have a machine that does not start, I keep my tanks full.

2 cents

Jorge

When ya'll say "fuel tank", I think "diesel fuel"

Basil

>Do not pour any gas or mixture thereof in a diesel powered whatever. You're asking for trouble.

Basil

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Stuart Johnson

>I was traveling a lot and my wife was driving the VW rabbit when the full station attendent filled it up with premium instead of diesel. She always filled it up at half a tank so it sort of ran for a while.

She also decided to fire up the mower and finish mowing around some hedges. I had stopped because I ran out of gas and didn't have time to get some more before had to leave for a flight. It did run for a while with the oil/gas mix for the trimmer.

Moral of this is use the right stuff, it will save time, money and headaches.

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Barry Turner

>If gasoline prices keep rising, you could probably auction it off to the highest bidder............