[AT] Old gas residue

Sun Sep 12 10:04:28 PDT 2004

Toadies gas is much worse. Do not leave gas in a tank for any period of 
time without adding a gas stabilizer.

Pour out the gas you added.

I have had good luck in cleaning tanks with ammonia. It dissolves the 
gunk and leaves the tank squeaky clean. You can fill the tank with old 
screws or steel shot and shake it to break the worse stuff loose. Make 
sure all brass and aluminum parts are removed from the tank. Ammonia 
sill attack them.

Getting rid of the residue is the tough part. The gas can be used to 
burn brush piles etc. "BE careful" The other residue has to be handled 
as hazardous waste. In Houston the city will take it and dispose of it.

Tom Armstrong wrote:
> I was given a Lincoln 200 welder with a V4 Wisconsin engine on it. It has
> been sitting for many years bit the engine has compression and spark. I
> put some gas in the tank but soon found it was not going anywhere. It
> would not even get to the filter bowl. It turned into a sticky nasty foul
> smelling stuff. I almost wish I had not put any new gas in it, the dry
> residue might have been easier to deal with. My wife almost kicked me out
> of the house the smell was so bad.
> 
> This is something I have run into before. I suspect the gas that was in
> there was from the '70's and all evaporated in the hot weather. I don't
> think today's gas does this so bad.
> 
> For now I am going to give up on the tank and lines and find another tank
> and run gas direct to the carb. I think I will remove the carb and see
> what it looks like inside and clean it before I even try to run it. I
> removed a plug on the intake manifold and squirted some gas in there and
> got the engine to pop so I think it is a runner.
> 
> Tom Armstrong  toma at sangregorio.org  San Gregorio, CA  s. 1892
> Barnyard Technology--- Ideas for tomorrow -> from yesterday's scrap.
>      4th, 5th, 6th generation on family farm. Can Ag Sustain?
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