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Old 11-05-2007, 07:45 PM
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Evaporation of gas contributes to smog. I would call the local health department and inquire about disposing of gas. In the worst case just burn it, but I'd worry it could get out of control.

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Old 11-05-2007, 08:22 PM
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Not like we're talking about a tanker full of the stuff. Gas will try to get out of hand if you lean over it while you strike the match... but i'd just get a metal pail (a sturdy one) and fill it partway with dirt. Add a slosh of the gas, and drop in the match. Don't throw gas into a burning fire but just let the dirt-in-the-bucket absorb the gas and then light it off and walk away for a while.

When they dig out your old leaky underground oil tank and test the soil to be too oily :-/ ...... they just dig up the dirt, truck it to an incinerator, and literally just burn the dirt until the oil is gone.

Just do a miniature version of that if you're worried. or dig a hole, dump it in, cover it up, and forget about it... if this was a tanker full it would be different.

Or, take it to the local box site for trash drop-off, there's usually a barrel there that you can dump used motor oil and stuff in... there's probably a facility there for fuel too.

We have a wood stove so that's what usually happens to it...

Just throwing ideas out. Burning the gas mixed with dirt isn't a bad idea. 20 gallons of gas isn't going to contribute to "smog" or global warming or anything at all significantly.
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Just to clarify what I said last time, the smog contribution happens only when gas evaporates. When it burns it's OK, it's mostly just CO2.
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Old 11-05-2007, 10:37 PM
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Molotov cocktail anyone?
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Old 11-11-2007, 04:47 PM
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Talking Fire,fire,,,yeah Yeah,,fire ,huh,huh,huh,,fire,,,,

FIRE ant killer,,the old built up gumminess[varnish] might help to keep it deeper embeded in a fire ant mound if you've got one handy.......or,as said before,,,,i think every man loves a good big ' ole bonfire and beer night.......guiness dark and jaeger anyone ???? a little dark and dark instead of dark and tan perhaps ????
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Don't hurt an innocent Mercedes. What did it ever do to you?

I would say the only worse thing you could do is cut some cold WVO with old gas and then put it in your single tank veggie conversion.

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Wow, plenty of "sky is falling" in this thread!

I've put 34,000 miles on cold WVO blended with gasoline, about 5-10% gas. No mods to the car.

Blend it into the SD and get some use out of it!
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Old 11-11-2007, 10:15 PM
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8 months is the shelf life of gasoline and 6 months for diesel according to most reference books I have been reading. I have been runing 2 year old gasoline in my turbo eclipse and I was getting knock...so not don't use that old gasoline, diesel NOT mix them!
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Old 11-11-2007, 11:57 PM
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Wow, plenty of "sky is falling" in this thread!

I've put 34,000 miles on cold WVO blended with gasoline, about 5-10% gas. No mods to the car.

Blend it into the SD and get some use out of it!
Lets see how it runs after another 100k miles...
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Lets see how it runs after another 100k miles...
If it runs to reach another 100k miles.
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Lets see how it runs after another 100k miles...

?????

I've put 34,000 miles without incident! That's over 1300 gallons of NON-diesel through my IP, through my cylinders! Please tell me exactly how many gallons of NON-diesel I can put in before my engine "blows up".

BTW, 1300 gallons yields a savings of at least $2600, which goes very far in replacing/rebuilding an engine that was "destroyed" by using NON-diesel.

Things that could possibly "blow up" and their replacement costs (estimated):

IP: Rebuilt unit...$800
Scored cylinders requiring engine resleeve/rebuild...$1500
Seized engine requiring replacement...$800
Replacement injectors...$130

None of this has happened yet, but when/if it does, I'm ready. How can you fault my decision from a fiscal standpoint?
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The 1300 gallons isn't free. How much is your time worth? You need to put a dollar value on your time and calculate that in.
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The 1300 gallons isn't free. How much is your time worth? You need to put a dollar value on your time and calculate that in.
I spend maybe 1 hr max per week collecting, filtering, blending the 24 gallons roughly that I will use that week. The restaurants are on my way home from work, so they are not 2 minutes out of my way.

The RUG to blend (at 10%) would be about $0.30 (if gas is $3 per gallon)for a finished gallon. Add $0.05 per gallon max for a filter cartridge, puts the total at $0.35 per gallon, plus one hour of my time for 24 gallons. 10 minutes of electricity to run the pump is negligible. One time cost to set up the filter system...about $50.

1300 x .35 = $455

Current diesel price:

1300 x $3.25 = $4225

Savings by blending $3720 so far. I was mistaken on the $2600 estimate.

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