Old boat gas.

Don’t have equipment to remove 25 gallons of 10 month old gas in my ranger. Are there places in the metro that remove/discard old gas?

10 months don’t seem that bad IMO. take it to a lake and burn it off if you are worried. was it left untreated? with all the additives in gas these days, I wouldn’t bat an eye.

Has the blue marine stabil in it. I did take out about 1/2 a gallon by removing the gas line from the motor & pumping the bulb, it was tinted yellow & kinda looked like lacquer. The motor fires instantly but worried this will create issues.

Either siphon it out 5 gallons at a shot and dump it in your truck or run it down low and add fresh non oxy gas and run some more.

eyeguy507 wrote:

10 months don’t seem that bad IMO

IMO doesn’t seem that bad to me either

If someone has the equipment to siphon/remove, they get the gas. I’m in St. Louis park but would bring the boat where needed.

10 months and Stabil? I wouldn’t even think twice about just running it.

Gasoline is yellowish.

Will this fit into your boat tank

https://www.harborfreight.com/battery-operated-liquid-transfer-pump-63847.html

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I would not hesitate to run that whatsoever.

If it was non-oxy fuel then I would also just run it. If it was regular oxy fuel then I might consider the effort of getting it out of there.

Run it then fill it.

I wish my gas was only 10 mos old…

Same here. Run it and refresh with non-oxy gas.

I would either just run it or take some out, put in my truck then fill back up with fresh.

Probably being overly cautious.. I’ll just run it & use it up.

Just fill it up with non oxygen 91 octane and run it. Older gas loses octane so adding premium will raise the octane of your older gas.

I NEVER run ethanol in my boat, 91 is stable way longer than alcohol gas. Had an argument with my brother who said premium is a hoax. He had to drain his 20 gal tank this spring because the gas smelled like paint thinner and the motor wouldn’t start. I have a 40 gal tank and I run it on the low side in late fall.. add Seafoam the last time using it and then fill with fresh 91 in the spring. Never an issue. I’m a mechanic for a living. I work on stuff that is stored with ethanol gas in it. It looks like a D cell battery that leaked in your flashlight. 87 or 89 is ok for vehicles that don’t sit for 6 -8 months without being used but not boats… especially carb models.

slowpoke wrote:

I NEVER run ethanol in my boat, 91 is stable way longer than alcohol gas. Had an argument with my brother who said premium is a hoax. He had to drain his 20 gal tank this spring because the gas smelled like paint thinner and the motor wouldn’t start. I have a 40 gal tank and I run it on the low side in late fall.. add Seafoam the last time using it and then fill with fresh 91 in the spring. Never an issue. I’m a mechanic for a living. I work on stuff that is stored with ethanol gas in it. It looks like a D cell battery that leaked in your flashlight. 87 or 89 is ok for vehicles that don’t sit for 6 -8 months without being used but not boats… especially carb models.

spot on, I do the same, there’s a reason they make ethanol resistant gas lines for small engines.it will wreck lines,and rubber in short amount of time.