bad gas

[lmtpop]

any recommendations on an additive to gas to clean out potential water/ethanol separation? i have siphoned out all the gas possible without removing the tank.

 

[killj0y]

dump the bad gas outta there and start fresh with an additive to PREVENT separation. or better yet use it up before that happens...or is it a boat were talking about?

 

[RustedRanger]

Stabil for gas with ethanol.

 

[straycat]

any recommendations on an additive to gas to clean out potential water/ethanol separation? i have siphoned out all the gas possible without removing the tank.

Use Beeno, Bro. Glad to help you out....lol

 

[lmtpop]

the truck is a 1984 B2 2.8 and sits for months as it is not my daily driver. getting it ready for deer season. i am about to do the duraspark conversion along with an earlier carb. just did the clutch, master and slave cylinders ( what a b**ch to bleed).

 

[Andy D]

What did the siphoned out gas look like? Does the truck run ? I wouldn't worry about potential separation. If the engine runs at all, add fresh gas and maybe some carb cleaner to the gas. I have heard of phase separation, but only had it happen once with a lawnmower. I pulled the line off the carb and drained the tank into a jar. I could see 2 layers, the gas on top. So I hooked up the line and poured most of the gas back into the tank.

 

[PanamaExpat]

When I was a kid growing up in Colorado we used to buy gas line antifreeze and dump a can in just as it started to get that cold. I think it was nothing but methyl alcohol in a can like you used to get brake fluid in. If you remember your basic chemistry alcohol absorbs water. Find a couple cans of it and it should help you out.

 

[509lifted]

take beno before and there'll be no gas haha jk but yea stabil works really good

 

[lmtpop]

the siphoned gas did not appear to be separated, not sure if during the siphoning phase it could have become homogeneous again or not. it was certainly a lot darker than the new gas i added. battery is charging and will attempt to start in the next day or so. once i get it running again then i will do the duraspark change. want to make sure it runs to eliminate this issue prior to doing the swap. thnx for the input

 

[snake]

Once you get it cleaned out consider buying the ethanol-free gas VP racing sells- it has a 20 year shelf like in the sealed can and will last way longer in the tank than the crappy pump gas. Yeah, its 60 bux for 5 gallons, but there will be no more issues... I get mine from a mower shop and use it in dirt bikes, generator, mower, everything that sits for awhile. They have different blends, mostly for racing, but do have some for small engines- 94 octane, unleaded, no ethanol.