Watery chainsaw fuel

   / Watery chainsaw fuel #1  

stuckmotor

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How do you dispose of cainsaw fuel that has water in it?
 
   / Watery chainsaw fuel #2  
I've disposed of old chainsaw fuel by pouring it( less than two gallons ) in an open five gallon pail and just letting it evaporate. I tried separating the water out with one of those "water separating" funnels - it didn't work well, the oil in the chainsaw fuel mix sort of gummed things up.
 
   / Watery chainsaw fuel #3  
Yep, evaporation, but out in the shed not inthe garage.
 
   / Watery chainsaw fuel #6  
Bucket of sand & a match.

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Matches and gasoline doesn't sound like a good idea, but what's the process? Does this work? Does the sand act like a slow wick for the fumes? Ratio of sand to gas?
Don't the fumes just explode when you approach with a match?
 
   / Watery chainsaw fuel #7  
Freeze it and use the gas the frozen water will stay in the container.
 
   / Watery chainsaw fuel #8  
A 5 gallon steel bucket will contain the fumes pretty well especially on a very cold day. Then stand upwind and toss a match at it, it may take several tries to get the match to the right location where the gas/air mixture is ok for a burn.
 
   / Watery chainsaw fuel #10  
I keep lidded 5 gallon buckets that hold primarily waste oil. Any waste gas also gets dumped in. Then I burn it on brush piles.
 
 
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