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 Is my fuel still good?
#880929
04/14/08 08:30 PM
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Joined: Apr 2007
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Getting the Wheeling Fever
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Hey all, I'm ready to fire up my rebuilt motor and just realized that the fuel in the tank is a year old.
It was 3/4 full and it still seems to smell ok. The question is, is it going to be usable. Otherwise I have some 15 gallons of gas to get rid of and that would suck.
Thanks for any insight!
1994 Montero SR
Divide Colorado
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Re: Is my fuel still good?
[Re: reknawj]
#880930
04/14/08 08:44 PM
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Joined: Dec 2004
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If that were me, I'd drain that fuel, run it through a simple filter, and use it in little bits (gallon, half-gallon at a time) mixed into tankfuls in one of my other vehicles or in my lawn mower. But that's just me. I'm thinking my carbed 2.6 wouldn't like it.
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Re: Is my fuel still good?
[Re: reknawj]
#880931
04/14/08 08:47 PM
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I'd run it unless it didn't start. You'll likely get crappy fuel economy out of it, but who cares? You probably only paid $2.50 a gallon for it last year. If you aren't sure how the engine runs after the rebuild, I'd drain it and run a tank of new, clean fuel. Then pour it back in and burn it. Or do what Cap'n Crunch said. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />
1990 Montero RS (In pieces... for now)
KG6VNX
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Re: Is my fuel still good?
[Re: 52degrees]
#880932
04/14/08 10:29 PM
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Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,649
Web Wheeler
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I'd probably dump a can or two of injector cleaner in there with it to help keep it from gumming stuff up. Worst would probably be that you clog up either the fuel filter or the fuel pickup sock in the tank, or the inlet screen on the pump. None of those are all that hard to get at in the worst case. $60 worth of fuel at replacement cost.
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Re: Is my fuel still good?
[Re: fasteddy]
#880933
04/14/08 10:38 PM
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Joined: May 2007
Posts: 570
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I'd probably dump a can or two of injector cleaner in there with it to help keep it from gumming stuff up. Wouldnt it just be a waste of money ,since it needs to be mixed in on a empty tank. It would just be a waste of money because it wouldnt work.I say just dump it and refill,Replacing a fuel filter and fuel pump is going to cost money especally if it clogges the injectors .
93 montero sr 3 inch body lift 31x11.50 super swamper ltb, 2 8inch 130 watt pro comp off road lights, 2 55w lights on the rear bumper, rear air locker, magnaflow exhaust muffler,superwinch manual hubs,15x8 black rock crawlers (steel)
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Re: Is my fuel still good?
[Re: 93montero_sr]
#880934
04/14/08 10:45 PM
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Would that be in the same spot I'd dump all my plastic waste, oil, and other chemicals, or should I choose a separate dump spot out in the wetlands? ![[Linked Image]](http://www.fivethirty.com/images/stirpot.gif)
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Re: Is my fuel still good?
[Re: reknawj]
#880935
04/14/08 10:59 PM
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My Monty sat for 8 months after the first blown head and ran fine with the old gas. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" />
98 Montero with cold weather package
96 Toyota Land Cruiser, fully locked Mall Machine :-)
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Re: Is my fuel still good?
[Re: LRJ4x4]
#880936
04/14/08 11:07 PM
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Joined: Oct 2004
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We used to have old cars come into the shop that hadn't run for a year or more. We never put new gas in the tank before starting. I can only thnk of one that it became a problem on, and that was because they'd left the gas cap off and all the fuel evaporated. The only thing that kept it from starting was the total lack of fuel.
1990 Montero RS (In pieces... for now)
KG6VNX
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Re: Is my fuel still good?
[Re: 52degrees]
#880937
04/14/08 11:49 PM
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Joined: Jan 2001
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Web Wheeler
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My old red D-50 sat for a couple of years before I put the turbo motor in. That stuff required about 10 cans of injector cleaner and about a pint of acetone to clear out the filter/sock/pump/injectors. Smelled like varnish. Gummed stuff up like tar. No bad smell, I'd just use it. I'd probably put whatever fresh gas it would hold in on top of it to dilute it some.
Didn't you guys ever just rock the truck to mix the fuel? That's how you get a "water in the gas" to fire off...
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Re: Is my fuel still good?
[Re: fasteddy]
#880938
04/15/08 01:15 AM
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