What to do with Bad Gas?

[polo1665]

Another thing you might look at is a product called "Start" made by the company which makes Stabil. Start your engines - fuel system revitalizer

Geez, your full of great info, Cyril.
Where were you when I started this thread?

This stuff wouldn't have worked for the Vette though, says for small engines.

Another question.........When premium gas goes bad, is it worse that bad regular gas?

Mark

 

[RadarTech]

Geez, your full of it, Cyril.
Where were you when I started this thread?

Mark

Mark,
careful there....
I think he might really give you some advice!!!!!



J

 

[polo1665]

Mark,
careful there....
I think he might really give you some ill conceived advice!!!!!



J

Oh, I'm sure his heart is the right place, but I'll be careful if you say so.

Mark

 

[RadarTech]

Oh, I'm sure his heart is the right place, but I'll be careful if you say so.

Mark

I am sure it is...

and I am also sure he is :laughing: right now reading this exchange!!!

Cyril,
please do keep up the great advice and enjoy the banter!!!!



J

 

[dcyrilc]

Geez, your full of great info, Cyril.
Where were you when I started this thread?

This stuff wouldn't have worked for the Vette though, says for small engines.

Mark

I was here, but what can I say...
...I'm slow sometimes.:laughing:

Actually, it wasn't until I read about the PRI-G and started responding about it and Stabil that it occured to me about Start. The owner of my local NAPA store told me about Start earlier this year when I was working on getting some older equipment back up and running. Generator, tiller, etc. It seems to work well. Granted, I had to pull and flush the tanks on this equipment and added the Start to the new fuel, but my tiller which has never run right since I got it started running perfect after about 5 minutes of use. Note that the tiller had sat for about 7 years since the last time I tried to get it running.

 

[dcyrilc]

I am sure it is...

and I am also sure he is :laughing: right now reading this exchange!!!

Cyril,
please do keep up the great advice and enjoy the banter!!!!



J

Always!:thumbsup:

 

[RadarTech]

Always!:thumbsup:

between you , me, dave1949, and polo--- I bet there are alot of folks out there just not real sure about the 4 of us!!!!



J

 

[dcyrilc]

Another question.........When premium gas goes bad, is it worse that bad regular gas?

Mark

OK, going to take a stab at this, but I may be way off base so take this with a grain of salt.

Premium gas (higher octane) is less flamable than reguar gas. I would think that if old gas becomes less flamable then premium would be worse than regular over the same time span?

Man I can't type straight today. Lots of spelling corrections today (reversed letters).

The reason, as I understand it, that premium gas needs to be used in older vehicles is that the higher flamable gasolines of today ignite from pressure before the spark plug has fired (pre-ignition ping) when used in the older higher compression engines. Higher octane fuel or octane booster is used to ****** the flamability of the fuel to eliminate the pre-combustion and eliminating the problem.

 

[SPYDERLK]

Have you considered trying Pri-G? I've never tried it but heard good things about it. It claims to make old gas like new again.

PRI Advanced Fuel Treatments

:confused2: For the cost of a tank of gas you can restore a bunch of tanks of gas. ... b.b.but, how much do you have? What may be great if you have a lot of neglected cars, is not such a bargain in the case of sporadic need. There is an always fresh product on the market to serve the rare and incidental need [you have to use more, but its much cheaper and you end up with more gas]. For most of us this is a great opportunity to help others get rich.
larry

 

[polo1665]

OK, going to take a stab at this, but I may be way off base so take this with a grain of salt.

Premium gas (higher octane) is less flamable than reguar gas. I would think that if old gas becomes less flamable then premium would be worse than regular over the same time span?

Man I can't type straight today. Lots of spelling corrections today (reversed letters).

The reason, as I understand it, that premium gas needs to be used in older vehicles is that the higher flamable gasolines of today ignite from pressure before the spark plug has fired (pre-ignition ping) when used in the older higher compression engines. Higher octane fuel or octane booster is used to ****** the flamability of the fuel to eliminate the pre-combustion and eliminating the problem.

An excellent explanation, I had no idea.

Mark