Post by Phil on Apr 9, 2008 14:17:52 GMT -5
THere's a lifelong debate that gasoline can spoil and some people figure that's a ploy to make you buy more gas if you have a car or a lawnmower or whatever that you don't use everyday.
My father has always been into old tractors and whenever there was a tractor being laid up for a time he would remove, drain the fuel and put it in a vehicle so it wouldn't be left to spoil during the down time. He would do the same thing with lawnmowers and snowblowers.
I always figured it was a cheap Polak trait but some people feel otherwise.
At about the age 25 I got married and had to have my own snowblowers, lawnmowers and so forth.
I have never drained the tank because I'm lazier than my father, but more so because I just never thought it was necessary.
Months later spring would come and in about 3 pulls my Briggs and Stratton powered Toro would always fire.
Maybe every other year I'd change the spark plug but that was about it. Maybe it idled a little rough so I would add fresh gas with what was in there. But I can honestly say I have never drained the fuel out of anything I had sitting around and I have had no trouble.
I don't tell my father that because he is so sure that's a bad move I wouldn't need to argue that point but my approach has been different and without problems so there's my proof.
CNN just did a segment on tv about that and now that gas is so expensive at the pump making the best use of it might be to determine if it really does spoil because if not you don't have to spend as much to replace the fuel if you put your Corvette or Mustang up for the winter with 1/2 tank of gas you could maybe just leave the gas in there and go on with life.
That's all I would have done anyway though.
Farti1 is a motorcycle guy what do you think? And anybody else have any experiences like this?
My father has always been into old tractors and whenever there was a tractor being laid up for a time he would remove, drain the fuel and put it in a vehicle so it wouldn't be left to spoil during the down time. He would do the same thing with lawnmowers and snowblowers.
I always figured it was a cheap Polak trait but some people feel otherwise.
At about the age 25 I got married and had to have my own snowblowers, lawnmowers and so forth.
I have never drained the tank because I'm lazier than my father, but more so because I just never thought it was necessary.
Months later spring would come and in about 3 pulls my Briggs and Stratton powered Toro would always fire.
Maybe every other year I'd change the spark plug but that was about it. Maybe it idled a little rough so I would add fresh gas with what was in there. But I can honestly say I have never drained the fuel out of anything I had sitting around and I have had no trouble.
I don't tell my father that because he is so sure that's a bad move I wouldn't need to argue that point but my approach has been different and without problems so there's my proof.
CNN just did a segment on tv about that and now that gas is so expensive at the pump making the best use of it might be to determine if it really does spoil because if not you don't have to spend as much to replace the fuel if you put your Corvette or Mustang up for the winter with 1/2 tank of gas you could maybe just leave the gas in there and go on with life.
That's all I would have done anyway though.
Farti1 is a motorcycle guy what do you think? And anybody else have any experiences like this?
That had to be said.