Uses of old petrol

[johnwalls26]

I took my generator from my campervan upto my allotment yesterday. I seem to have 2 x 5l cans of pre covid B5. Some came in very handy to burn the hedge clippings but I still have loads left. Diesel car and not to keen to use it in my lawnmower etc. . Yes be ok for cleaning tools but any other ideas please. I do have a bottle of Surestart preservative.

 

[Jameshow]

In winter put a little in you diesel car fill up by fill up...

 

[BC'er]

Put some sand in a biscuit tin, pour on some gas and boil your tea up at the allotment?

 

[HamsterJam]

Put some sand in a biscuit tin, pour on some gas and boil your tea up at the allotment?

Better still get a secondhand Coleman dual fuel stove to make your tea with. They run off petrol (although regular pump fuel eventually clogs them up).

 

[deema]

In winter put a little in you diesel car fill up by fill up...

It will just sit on top of the diesel, it won’t mix. One day, when you run down the tank it will suck that lovely petrol into your engine and oh boy, will you be glad you added it your tank.

 

[StephenArfer]

Put some sand in a biscuit tin, pour on some gas and boil your tea up at the allotment?

You just reinvented the Benghazi Burner!

 

[TRITON]

Not petrol but meths.

A mate used to be transport manager for a building firm called Tough Construction.

One cold winters morning, he had arranged for one of his drivers to pick him up in the works van.
7am or whatever, van draws up and mate starts to get in, but is alerted by the driver to watch his feet.

There was a cooking pot full of meths alight in the passenger footwell. Van heater was kaput, so the driver used the pot as a makeshift heater.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Better still get a secondhand Coleman dual fuel stove to make your tea with. They run off petrol (although regular pump fuel eventually clogs them up).

Wrong fuel the stove will work, but the seals may emit vapour.

 

[BC'er]

You just reinvented the Benghazi Burner!

Sadly not, but I do remember reading about it.

And a few times I've got rid of dirty gas that way which I had used for degreasing something.

 

[HamsterJam]

Wrong fuel the stove will work, but the seals may emit vapour.

Interesting as the manufacturer sells these as capable of using Coleman’s own fuel or regular pump gas (sic), hence the dual fuel moniker.
I run mine on Coleman fuel or Aspen 4T as the additives in pump fuel allegedly bung up the ‘generator’ after prolonged use.

 

[okeydokey]

Mix 50/50 with new petrol in your lawnmower works for me

 

[Bob Chapman]

It will just sit on top of the diesel, it won’t mix. One day, when you run down the tank it will suck that lovely petrol into your engine and oh boy, will you be glad you added it your tank.

Petrol and diesel are fully miscible. Despite differences in density they will mix together, especially if they slosh about a bit in the tank as the car moves.

 

[trvlr]

During WW2 didn't the Russkies put a little gas(oline)/petrol in their fuel tanks to keep them from going almost glue like; this in order to ensure their tanks etc. would start - and run Ok. Whereas Hitler's lot weren't aware of this until it was all too late...? freezing up? And also added a wee drop to oils used to lubricate all manner of things - weapons especiall - in cold weather...

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Interesting as the manufacturer sells these as capable of using Coleman’s own fuel or regular pump gas (sic), hence the dual fuel moniker.
I run mine on Coleman fuel or Aspen 4T as the additives in pump fuel allegedly bung up the ‘generator’ after prolonged use.

The modern fuel will eat the seals.
I have a few duel fuel Lanterns, a Colman iron and 2 stoves.

Coleman agree that the 2 fuels you say will be ok.

 

[Fergie 307]

If you try putting regular petrol in a Zippo lighter the clouds of black smoke show why you don't want to use it in a Coleman.

 

[johnwalls26]

Mix 50/50 with new petrol in your lawnmower works for me

Thanks, I will give it a try.

 

[ajs]

If you try putting regular petrol in a Zippo lighter the clouds of black smoke show why you don't want to use it in a Coleman.

Slightly different, if you look at a petrol stove, yes including Coleman, there is a pipe running across the burner. The fuel runs through it to preheat and vapourise it. Soot is a symptom of the petrol being cold.

Unleaded petrol always used to be fine in a Coleman stove. Possibly the alcohol added to modern stuff may degrade things, it's a long time since I was a boy scout.

 

[Fergie 307]

From the days of my youth, very long ago, I seem to recall four star was reasonably ok in a lighter if you ran out of the proper fuel
It was my son's mate who put modern unleaded in his not long ago when he ran out, smoked like crazy.

 

[Croolis]

 

[John Brown]

I seem to remember that Steve Martin filled his Zippo with petrol in "The Jerk".