Deterioration of Gasoline?
 

I wonder.

My two stroke chainsaw fired up on the second pull today. I haven't used
it for about a year, and there was still gasoline/oil mix in its tank.

Deterioration of Gasoline?
 

"HK" wrote in message
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I wonder.

My two stroke chainsaw fired up on the second pull today. I haven't used
it for about a year, and there was still gasoline/oil mix in its tank.

I always have a couple gallons of gas on hand from the previous year.
Usually I take it to a nearby service station and ask if they will discard
it for me so I can refill the can with new.

Deterioration of Gasoline?
 

"HK" wrote in message
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I wonder.

My two stroke chainsaw fired up on the second pull today. I haven't used
it for about a year, and there was still gasoline/oil mix in its tank.


Looks like I'll be taking my old gas here in the future...
http://www.halifax.ca/wrms/hhw.html

Deterioration of Gasoline?
 

Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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I wonder.

My two stroke chainsaw fired up on the second pull today. I haven't used
it for about a year, and there was still gasoline/oil mix in its tank.

I always have a couple gallons of gas on hand from the previous year.
Usually I take it to a nearby service station and ask if they will discard
it for me so I can refill the can with new.




Yeah, I have a five gallon can for my gasoline mower/tractor and
lawnmower, and a one gallon can with "mix" for the chainsaw and string
trimmer. Fortunately, the latter two devices like the same "mix."

Had a 45' dead pine that fell over on the corner of the property last
year. Now it is about 25 two foot chunks... Managed to not remove any
significant body parts. :)

Deterioration of Gasoline?
 

Just fired up Cruis'n Rulz! after sitting all winter with a full tank
of primo. Ran well, no problems.
JR

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:17:18 -0400, HK wrote:

I wonder.

My two stroke chainsaw fired up on the second pull today. I haven't used
it for about a year, and there was still gasoline/oil mix in its tank.
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Deterioration of Gasoline?
 

JR North wrote:
Just fired up Cruis'n Rulz! after sitting all winter with a full tank
of primo. Ran well, no problems.
JR

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:17:18 -0400, HK wrote:

I wonder.

My two stroke chainsaw fired up on the second pull today. I haven't used
it for about a year, and there was still gasoline/oil mix in its tank.
HOME PAGE:
http:/www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth
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I sure like that old truck you've kept up and restored.

Deterioration of Gasoline?
 

"JimH" wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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"HK" wrote in message
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I wonder.

My two stroke chainsaw fired up on the second pull today. I haven't used
it for about a year, and there was still gasoline/oil mix in its tank.

I always have a couple gallons of gas on hand from the previous year.
Usually I take it to a nearby service station and ask if they will
discard it for me so I can refill the can with new.


Why not just add a stabilizer to the gas when you initially fill up the
gas can? That way you can toss the unused gas into your truck/car tank
instead of throwing it away.

I do put stabilizer in, but I also mix the oil right away.... so I'm leery
of putting the mixed 50:1 gas in a vehicle with catalitic converter.
With my British Seagull 10:1 mixture..there's no question.

Deterioration of Gasoline?
 

"Don White" wrote
I'm leery

Out of curiosity, have you personally experienced problems with year-old gas
or are you just trying to err on the side of caution?

Deterioration of Gasoline?
 

"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote
I'm leery

Out of curiosity, have you personally experienced problems with year-old
gas or are you just trying to err on the side of caution?


Just 'playing it safe'. and various articles such as..
http://www.perr.com/tip1.html
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_you_mi...h_new_gasoline

Deterioration of Gasoline?
 

"Don White" wrote
Just 'playing it safe'.

Nothing wrong with that.

I've probably read a lot of the same stuff as you on the subject, but
empirical evidence seems to fly in the face of it all. The only person I've
ever actually met who ever personally experienced trouble with stale gas was
a guy who used to race motorcycles in the 70s. And even that was only a
little temporary performance decrease, nothing catastrophic. I have about a
gallon of last year's mix that I plan to put back in my outboard, and I
don't expect to be able to tell any difference between that and the new
stuff. If my experiment fails, I'll post about it.