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| 979.2 | me too | AIMHI::BORZUMATO | | Mon May 11 1992 14:31 | 16 |
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It happend to me last fall. I use the same fuel for a lawn
mower, and a snow blower. I add "stabilizer" when i buy
it.
This past fall, i thought i'd check the blower out, and went out
to start it. &&**(()))))_&(^$&%&%&* thing won't start.
My only thought was water, but none showed up. My local service
sta. told me gas loses its octane after sitting for awhile.
New fuel, and it started right up.
Maybe the newer fuels don't store well..
JIm
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| 979.3 | | HYDRA::BURGESS | | Mon May 11 1992 14:34 | 0 |
| 979.4 | No problem here, boat is stored outside. | HYDRA::BURGESS | | Mon May 11 1992 14:38 | 8 |
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I didn't use any stabilizer (again) this winter, I never do.
The boat had about 3/4 of a tank of ~92 octane fuel in it,
BTW this is a 4 stroke. Brand was probably Sunoco, FWIW, etc.
Reg
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| 979.5 | Gas | SALEM::GILMAN | | Mon May 11 1992 16:48 | 16 |
| I never used stabilizer before in the winter and never had the problem
before either. The lawn mower wouldn't run on this gas at all and its
not picky. Fresh gas in the mower and it started right up. So the
'pung' noise is ping, and all these years I thought it was a normal
part of 2 stroke idle operation. On the new gas it doesn't pung much
(if at all) it usually stall in conjuncton with the pung. I guess thats
the piston being kicked back the other way stalling it? Not good for
the engine at all. I store the fuel in a covered building at outdoor
temps which is good because at lower temps it will keep better. Next
year I will drain the fuel (or use it all up in the Fall) rather
than try and store it over the winter.
Thanks for the advice. No Rick, I am not talking about the type of
gas Rolaids can cure.
Jeff
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| 979.6 | Ecological way | MQOSWS::M_CHEVRIER | Michel A. Chevrier 632-3707 Montr�al | Tue May 12 1992 10:07 | 3 |
| How do ecologically get rid of bad/old gas?
Michel.
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| 979.7 | simple | AIMHI::BORZUMATO | | Tue May 12 1992 10:19 | 3 |
| Pour it in one of your vehicles.
JIm.
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| 979.9 | Chamois cloth should filter bad gas | SALEM::NORCROSS_W | | Tue May 12 1992 11:56 | 8 |
| I just drained about 10 gallons of two year old gas from my boat and
mixed it with about 10 gallons of gas in my truck. I didn't even
notice a difference.
For bad/dirty gas that you don't want to put directly into another
vehicle, I believe that a chamois cloth will effectively filter out the
imperities and water to the point that it could be put into your
vehicle.
Wayne
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| 979.10 | JMHO!!!! | FSOA::SLIEKER | | Tue May 26 1992 17:33 | 15 |
| Gasoline is a very complex substance with many components, a number
of them loosely classified as aromatic solvents. The solvents are
volatile solvents charged with maintaining the vapour pressure and
general vapourization characteristics of the fuel. Since liquids
(gasoline included) do not burn, the performance of gasoline as a
fuel is directly related to its ability to vapourize properly. The
solvents by their very property of volatility do not store well.
With time they either evaporate or otherwise decompose and by
effectively decreasing the vapour pressure of the fuel increase
its octane rating and decrease the heat energy per mass recoverable.
The octane rating of a fuel btw is a measure of a contaminants
effect on a fuels ability to burn after vapourization. The higher
the octane number the longer it takes a fuel to burn. In general
terms this is why last years gas doesn't work so well....
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| 979.11 | Low Octane "Cheap Grade Gas" | FSOA::LINNEHAN | | Mon Jun 08 1992 14:55 | 9 |
| If you get your gas at marina that are at the ocean, many of them are
questionable about using adequate octane gasolines. I am on the ocean
100% of the time and can tell the differance between the gas I buy at
each marina, as soon as I pull away from the docks.
Cape Ann Marina is definately not a good place to buy gas.
FML
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