[AT] "bad" fuel - was Re: R134a

[Indiana Robinson]

I have strained old fuel through coffee filters or clean old bed sheet
material. I have read that the best strainer is a clean dry chamois.


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On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 1:51 PM Grant Brians <sales at heirloom-organic.com>
wrote:

> Ken, I do not know if you have a modern electronically injected engine
> that you want to do this with and that you drive mostly on the highway
> not local, but I would do so in your shoes on the "bad" gasoline. Drain
> the fuel through a flannel shirt or similar fabric to catch any solids
> and most varnish. Drain it into 1-2 gallon containers. Place the 1-2
> gallons in the fuel tank of the pickup or car when it is at least 2/3
> full. Use. The fuel injection system should adjust for the lesser
> fraction of light hydrocarbons in the fuel in a way that neither you nor
> the emissions control system will have any issues with. If needed more
> than one straining can be done.
>       We do this with the tractors and V6/V8 pickups when it is
> needed.... The key is preforming the straining and the mixing.
>                     Grant Brians
> On 1/14/2019 6:15 AM, Ken Knierim wrote:
> > How much more flammable than fuel are these refrigerants? Vehicles are
> > fueled by propane, gasoline, alcohol, natural gas, batteries and in
> > some cases, hydrogen. Seems that stored energy is there regardless...
> > and from my meager understanding, there isn't a whole lot of flammable
> > material in the A/C systems when using these types of refrigerants.
> >
> > One other thing, probably more useful to me... what's the safe method
> > of disposing this newer gasoline when it goes bad? I've got a gas tank
> > full of 5+ year old gas that I need to find a home for. I can't burn
> > that much in my old Case tractors because I don't run them very much
> > anymore.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ken in AZ
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Francis Robinson
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Central Indiana USA
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