[AT] I'll bet somebody here knows,,,,,,,,,,,

[Alan Nadeau]

I've got a little bit of a problem.

I had a couple gallons of gasoline left in a can after fueling up the Ford 4000 tractor ( antique tractor reference) at my shooting club.  

New guy did some mowing with out Kubota Zero-turn mower.  Being a conscientious sort he fueled the mower after he was done with.  With the gasoline!  

I started some mowing yesterday afternoon and within a few minutes the mower was running ragged and losing power.  Checked and both tanks were full.  One should have been down a couple gallons so I got a real bad feeling.  Checked the can that had had gas in it.  Empty.

I called the mower operator and he had only put gas in one tank.  I siphoned out all I could, then disconnected the fuel line at the injector pump and then ran the primary pump (electric) until all I got was air.  Then I swapped tanks and ran it again, long enough to flush the lines.  Hooked the line back up and fired up the engine, it stumbled for a few seconds then smoothed out and ran fine for a half hour or so while I finished what mowing I needed to do.

Maybe dodged a bullet on that one.

The problem I want opinions on now is that I have 6 gallons of 4 diesel/2gasoline mix that I need to dispose of.  I'm not about to dump it on the ground.  It's way too much to think of using to light up a brushpile, the resulting black smoke would be seen for miles.  Thought seriously of just adding it to the 275 gallon fuel tank for the clubhouse furnace.

I find it hard to believe but one of the clubs' experts-on-everything insists that the diesel/gas combination will not mix but will separate out and end up causing serious trouble with the furnace.  I find it hard to believe it might be true.

Does anyone here have any knowledge of, or educated opinion on, the subject?

Al Nadeau