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Title: Gas disposal
Post by: Kaczki on April 26, 2006, 07:47:51 PM: I have just taken the console and gas tank off my boat but the tank is half full. :shock:
Where should I take the gas to have it disposed of properly?
Thanks,
Nick
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Post by: JimCt on April 26, 2006, 09:36:21 PM: If the fuel isn't too old and still smell like gas, run it out in your lawn mower. If it smells like old gas you might try calling your town hall and see who they recommend to pick it up and dispose of it. Maybe the town itself has facilities to handle it.
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Post by: John Jones on April 27, 2006, 12:10:32 AM: Our local landfill accepts stuff like that one day per month, free. They call it "Household Hazardous Waste Day". They take old batteries, paint, used oil, all that stuff. One would have to put it in cans or a drum for them to take it. Call the local government offices like Jim suggested.
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Post by: Radioshop on April 30, 2006, 11:34:31 AM: "Blend" it into your heating oil tank for some extra BTU's? I don't know if that's a good idea or, not I'm from Florida and have no clue about the operation of furnaces, but with the price of petroleum these days, I'd think about it.
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Post by: Bill on April 30, 2006, 02:59:04 PM: I had to get rid of the gas in my 85 gal tank so that I could replace it due to a slow leak. Ended up calling a pumping service, met their truck about halfway between their place and my house, and they pumped my tank empty (very expensive). I asked them what they did with the "old gas," and they said they gave it to Baltimore-Washington Intl Airport, which fires it off to give airport firefighters practice in putting out petroleum-based fires. You might call TIA or some of the regional airports, or maybe local fire officials, and see if any of them would take the gas off your hands.

Bill
"Shark Shadow"
'88 222 Express Fisherman
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Post by: 22FamilyFish on April 30, 2006, 08:05:14 PM: Please DO NOT mix gasoline with your heating oil as this can create a hazard and possibly damage your furnace.
Usually the local dump or recycling center has a drum for used oil.Ask first,but you may be able to drain it there(if a small amount).
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Post by: scott_gunn on April 30, 2006, 08:59:10 PM: How about siphoning it into one of your cars/trucks? Why throw it away? Is it premixed with 2-stroke oil?
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Post by: John Jones on April 30, 2006, 11:33:10 PM: If I wouldn't run it in my boat, I damn sure wouldn't put it in my car. Call and find out what it would cost to have all the injectors replaced in your car.

Put it in your furnace heating oil and watch your house burn down.
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Post by: Tailgunner on May 01, 2006, 07:41:56 AM: One of the biggest mistakes I ever made was putting old gas in my car. Fouled the injectors.
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Post by: scott_gunn on May 01, 2006, 10:26:20 AM: Yeah, I wouldn't do it if it was old. I was assuming it was fairly fresh.
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Post by: Kaczki on May 01, 2006, 04:37:46 PM: It is very old two stroke gas.
I just want to get rid of it :x
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Post by: ddd222 on May 01, 2006, 05:07:05 PM: i believe a gas station may be able to take it. I think by law here in ny they have to take old oil, so why not gas? I would not put that gas in anything i cared about, you will more than likely see the water seperate from the gas, and more than likely rust from that old tank.
If anything the gas station will be able to tell u where to take it