Guest 56BuickSuper Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 So my 56 has a tank of gas about 10 years old. I was treated with stabil but I am sure it has degraded.I want to drop the tank and clean it, then get the car running again. What is the best way to dispose of the old gas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick man Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 … If you treated it with Stabil and it was REAL gas not corn-o-hol, then you may still be O.K. as I have reused older gas in the same manner. Drain the old gas out into a open clean tub and take a look. Filter it 3 times using paint gun filters place in mouth of a large plastic funnel. You can pick up these fine meshed filters for free at your local automotive paint seller as these filters will be very fine and any particulates will be removed that would interfere with jetting. Then add some gas enzymes and more stabile and use in either your car or in your chain saw or lawn mower. If it is liquid and filtered you should have no problems. If you want to fore go that, then you would have to purchase a gas container to hold it, then call your local friendly and helpful public refuge department and they usually have collection areas on site at the dump or call one of your local mechanic shops and they could tell you who or what is the local go-to for disposing the gas ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 If that gas did not work in my lawnmower I would call some garages to see if they would recycle it with the used engine oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialEducation Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Last time I had gas to get rid of, I put it in a vented container and let it sit in the summer sun. It was gone in a couple weeks. Sta-bil may not let that happen, though... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 My local refuse place has a "household hazardous waste" area for gas, paint, etc. But I usually dilute it down in my mower just a little at a time.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Phillips Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I threw some old gas on a pile of brush and wood limbs that I wanted to burn once. Actually, it was some of this new stuff that passes for gasoline, but it had been sitting in the car's tank for about two years while the engine was out being rebuilt. The gas was so lousy after two years, that a match wouldn't even light it! No exaggeration. Pete Phillips 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 When gasoline evaporates, it's the "higher aromatics" which evaporate first. That's what makes the engine easy to start, especially on cooler weather. AND octane decreases, too, with those evaporations. Several years ago, when I was considering getting one of my older cars running again, I took the gas cap off and it had a strong smell or turpentine. And that was pre-RFG gas of premium octane heritage. It's still there. New tank to fix that, later. I have run across a product that is supposed to "rejeuvenate" oil gas AND keep new gas "new" for years. It's main market is for power generators that start automatically. Not sure if it really works, though. Hazardous material "donation" facility might be best. Many have "free days" every so often. NTX5467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 20 hours ago, 56BuickSuper said: What is the best way to dispose of the old gas? It's not too bad with an olive and twist of lemon....................Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 The unofficial policy is "Don't ask don't tell". But you already asked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLYER15015 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 1 hour ago, 60FlatTop said: The unofficial policy is "Don't ask don't tell". But you already asked. Out west we call that "shoot, shovel, and shut up" Nuff said................. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBulldogMiller55Buick Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Pour it in your burn barrel before your next trash burn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooly15 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Wife: why does it smell like gas in the backyard? Me: Huh...dunno...that's weird. Must be the neighbors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick5563 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Last time I tried to get rid of gas at the hazardous waste site, I was turned away. Can't remember why. They took everything else. It was maybe five gallons. I don't remember specifically what I did with it, but Wooly and I may have had similar conversations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kanman Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 The way I got rid of about five gallons of real old gas,was to give it to one of my neighbors,he mixed it one gallon to five of good gas and used it in his farm tractor,said it did good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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