"Harvey Arkawy" wrote in message
om...
I just purchased a used boat with a 1995 Merc 70 hp, 3 cyl. 2 stroke
"Force" motor. The previous owner said that the gas (~ 17 gallons)
was about a year and a half old. I would like to siphon it out into 4
five gallon cans. Has anyone done this and where do you suggest I
dispose of it. Please be kind.... I know where I don't want to put
it. I contacted the local Air Force Base Fire Department to see if
they could use it to burn during a practice fire, but the local Air
Quality Management Department (AQMD) required them to install propane
burners and burn propane during fire practice.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Harvey

Depending on the size of your tank you could just
mix in more gas. Or you could siphon it out and then
add just a little to each new tank of gas that you
get. 1.5 years is really not that old. If mixed in
at 40% with new gas I'd bet you'ld never have
a problem at all.

"Gary Warner" wrote in message
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"Harvey Arkawy" wrote in message
om...
I just purchased a used boat with a 1995 Merc 70 hp, 3 cyl. 2 stroke
"Force" motor. The previous owner said that the gas (~ 17 gallons)
was about a year and a half old. I would like to siphon it out into 4
five gallon cans. Has anyone done this and where do you suggest I
dispose of it. Please be kind.... I know where I don't want to put
it. I contacted the local Air Force Base Fire Department to see if
they could use it to burn during a practice fire, but the local Air
Quality Management Department (AQMD) required them to install propane
burners and burn propane during fire practice.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Harvey

Depending on the size of your tank you could just
mix in more gas. Or you could siphon it out and then
add just a little to each new tank of gas that you
get. 1.5 years is really not that old. If mixed in
at 40% with new gas I'd bet you'ld never have
a problem at all.


This gets my vote as well.

I've used up 9 year old gas doing this with no problems.

db