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  • Nasty old gasoline: what to DO with the stuff??

    Having removed my carbs, I realized they were full of gasoline - I dumped the semi-rusty old stuff into the gas can for my lawnmower, and then realized, hey, whe I go to clean out my tank, what the heck am I gonna do with the rusty mucky nasty old gas?!

    ...any ideas?

    Cheers,
    Kris
    Kristoffer
    "Take apart yer carbs!"
    1978 XS1100E - "The Maroon Baboon" (SOLD)
    1979 XS1100 (3 of them) in the garage. Not deserving of names yet.

  • #2
    throw it over the garage floor where some old car was leaking oil for years, have on hand a water hose and light the thing, and watch it clean up the floor...
    "a good man knows his limitations" dirty harry
    History
    85 Yamaha FJ 1100
    79 yamaha xs1100f
    03 honda cbr 600 f4
    91 yamaha fzr 600
    84 yamaha fj 1100
    82 yamaha seca 750
    87 yamaha fazer
    86 yamaha maxim x
    82 yamaha vision
    78 yamaha rd 400

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    • #3
      LOL

      well, I don't have a garage - uhhh, any other ideas..?
      Kristoffer
      "Take apart yer carbs!"
      1978 XS1100E - "The Maroon Baboon" (SOLD)
      1979 XS1100 (3 of them) in the garage. Not deserving of names yet.

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      • #4
        Usually anybody that accepts used motor oil will take that too. Or you could change your oil, mix it with it... then tell them that came out of your motor? lol. OR... lol. Put it in an old cake pan on the back porch outside... it will be gone in a few days (Evaporate)

        Tod
        Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

        You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

        Current bikes:
        '06 Suzuki DR650
        *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
        '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
        '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
        '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
        '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
        '81 XS1100 Special
        '81 YZ250
        '80 XS850 Special
        '80 XR100
        *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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        • #5
          no matter what you do i would still light it, be creative watch it go up... ha ha.

          no i like the recycle bit i've done it that way.
          "a good man knows his limitations" dirty harry
          History
          85 Yamaha FJ 1100
          79 yamaha xs1100f
          03 honda cbr 600 f4
          91 yamaha fzr 600
          84 yamaha fj 1100
          82 yamaha seca 750
          87 yamaha fazer
          86 yamaha maxim x
          82 yamaha vision
          78 yamaha rd 400

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          • #6
            Thanks fellas, I'll be on the lookout for another gas can and a place to recycle gas.


            -Kris
            Kristoffer
            "Take apart yer carbs!"
            1978 XS1100E - "The Maroon Baboon" (SOLD)
            1979 XS1100 (3 of them) in the garage. Not deserving of names yet.

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            • #7
              Burn, baby, burn!

              Knewsom,

              Save youself some hassles, just get a metal open bucket, pan, etc, pour it into it and light it up!! Gas won't explode in this format, it'll just light up like barbecue starter fluid, and it'll burn clean/completely cause it's not under compression inside the engine, so it'll be able to mix with ALL of the Oxygen it needs to burn properly without putting out any harmful pollution, aside from carbon dioxide, heat, and water vapor, .....maybe a little sulfar stuff, but no biggie!!!
              T.C.
              T. C. Gresham
              81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
              79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
              History shows again and again,
              How nature points out the folly of men!

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              • #8
                FIRE, heh heh, FIRE FIRE, heh heh hm hm heh!

                well, since it's probably next to impossible to recycle, and it won't pollute that bad since I'm burning it in open air, what the hey, I'll burn it.

                I even have a big 'ole dented stainless steel bowl I can use for such a purpose.

                hmmm.... I wonder if I left it in the sun, if the parabolic reflection from the shiny bowl would cause it to spontaneously combust. we shall see!
                Kristoffer
                "Take apart yer carbs!"
                1978 XS1100E - "The Maroon Baboon" (SOLD)
                1979 XS1100 (3 of them) in the garage. Not deserving of names yet.

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                • #9
                  I just pour it out on oil dripping or weeds/grass in the cracks on my concrete driveway and it just goes away. One time from a bucket I did the swing thing in the road in front of my house, only problem was road is blacktop and the gas stained it. If someone would have noticed it they could have traced it right back to me. The stain stayed about 6 months.
                  There's always a way, figure it out.
                  78XS11E

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                  • #10
                    When I was in highschool, a friend of mine named Dan Bodin burned down his house JUST LIKE THAT!

                    Originally posted by mason79
                    throw it over the garage floor where some old car was leaking oil for years, have on hand a water hose and light the thing, and watch it clean up the floor...
                    Skids (Sid Hansen)

                    Down to one 1978 E. Stock air box with K&N filter, 81H pipes and carbs, 8500 feet elevation.

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                    • #11
                      i didn't say it wasn't dangerouxs
                      "a good man knows his limitations" dirty harry
                      History
                      85 Yamaha FJ 1100
                      79 yamaha xs1100f
                      03 honda cbr 600 f4
                      91 yamaha fzr 600
                      84 yamaha fj 1100
                      82 yamaha seca 750
                      87 yamaha fazer
                      86 yamaha maxim x
                      82 yamaha vision
                      78 yamaha rd 400

                      Comment


                      • #12
                        LOL.. man.. sounds like a few of you need a 12 step program!... "Hi, my name is Tod, and I'm a pyromaniac!"

                        But what Pathfinder said is correct. Would make a great edger for a sidewalk or fence..... kills stuff well. Or you could combine things. Pour it on the grass along your sidewalk or driveway... THEN light it! : )

                        Tod
                        Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

                        You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

                        Current bikes:
                        '06 Suzuki DR650
                        *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
                        '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
                        '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
                        '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
                        '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
                        '81 XS1100 Special
                        '81 YZ250
                        '80 XS850 Special
                        '80 XR100
                        *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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                        • #13
                          "With gas prices the way they are..."

                          Do what I do at work when I drain customer's tanks. Take it outside and pour it into my Blazer. Might not be the best gas around, but after mixin' with the 20 or so gallons I've got in my truck, it'll burn just fine. (Obviously after separating out the water, rust and other crud)
                          "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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                          • #14
                            Re: "With gas prices the way they are..."

                            Originally posted by prometheus578
                            Do what I do at work when I drain customer's tanks. Take it outside and pour it into my Blazer. Might not be the best gas around, but after mixin' with the 20 or so gallons I've got in my truck, it'll burn just fine. (Obviously after separating out the water, rust and other crud)
                            As wise as ever, Prom. Best idea yet.
                            Kristoffer
                            "Take apart yer carbs!"
                            1978 XS1100E - "The Maroon Baboon" (SOLD)
                            1979 XS1100 (3 of them) in the garage. Not deserving of names yet.

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