Alan,
Remove the gas, mix it half and half with new gas and use it in the old
lawnmower.
Put only the good stuff in the car.
I have about 3 gallons of the foulest 20 year old gas from my current
project. I was amazed at just how foul old gas is.......
Tracy Drummond Gang Warily !
President AHCUSA www.healey.org
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces+bighealey=charter.net@autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces+bighealey=charter.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Alan Seigrist
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 5:54 PM
To: Ron Fine
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net; MG List
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Old Gas
Ron -
Living in Hong Kong I drive my car in California (the BN1) only sporadically
(usually 6 months between runs). I do make a point to use gas preservative
so that probably helps, but my feeling is that gas that is one year's old
should be ok. The biggest problem is when you get really old gas that
leaves a coat of varnish on the fuel lines, pump and carbies, but my
experience is that doesn't become a real problem unless the gas sits longer
than a couple of years.
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 11:51 PM, Ron Fine <RonFineEsq@earthlink.net> wrote:
> When is gas too old to use? I have about half a tank of gas in my MGB
that
> has been sitting for about 1 year. I am finishing the rebuild of the
> engine
> and plan to fire it up later this month. Should I dump the gas first or
> should it be OK. I live in Los Angeles and the car has been stored
outside
> during this period.
>
> Ron
> 61 BN7
> 66 MGB
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