Old fuel...

Noah W · Dec 11, 2017

My neighbor is retiring from about 70 years of farming. He farms the family farm. None of his children want to continue the family tradition, so he is slowly getting rid of around 100 years of farm stuff. I have a 1927 Farmall Regular and he has kindly offered to give me 3 or four 55 gallon barrels of old sailboat fuel. I am wondering if I add a bunch of fuel additive such as Gas-X to it if it would be ok to mix 50/50 with new fuel and run in the low compression Regular engine. Any thoughts or ideas?

Noah W

Ken Macfarlane · Dec 11, 2017

Most old sail boats I know have little Diesel engines in them.
How old is this fuel? I?ve blended some old fuel in at low
ratios to new fuel to get rid of it but that?s quite a bit.

Mike M · Dec 11, 2017

Know anyone with a waste oil heater for a shop ? They might even give you some money for it ? It might not be that old and run fine in a diesel tractor ? Are you really going to run that old Regular that much ? Got any brush that needs burnt ?

Steve@Advance · Dec 11, 2017

Sailboat fuel?

Probably safe to use, don't think air goes bad! LOL

David G · Dec 11, 2017

Must have been a mighty big sailboat, that is a lot of fuel.

Ultradog MN · Dec 11, 2017

I would use it. Mix it 50/50 with premium
gas.

Bob in SD · Dec 11, 2017

Are you talking gas or diesel? For gas I'd probably to 3 or 4 to 1 (good to old).

showcrop · Dec 11, 2017

It may have gone stale. Just add some room deodorizer.

Andy Martin · Dec 11, 2017

Assuming the sailboat fuel is gasoline, I'd add about 10% regular to it. You don't need a lot of light ends to get the tractor started. It would burn fine in a dual fuel engine, start on gasoline run on tractor fuel.

Moonlite37 · Dec 11, 2017

Sailboat was the preferred fuel for the Essex Tri-Directional. Also see if he has any sailboat antifreeze

Bob Bancroft · Dec 11, 2017

100 years of farm stuff............old sailboat fuel?????????
Is this anything like blowing smoke, or a f#*t in the wind?

Moonlite37 · Dec 11, 2017

Ha! something in the wind? He did mention Gas X which is a medication for indigestion!

CKain(MI) · Dec 11, 2017

In my life, the mention of 'Sailboat Fuel' always a reference to wind/air ? ?
Some nice ones have an small engine, but many just move with the wind.

Stephen Newell · Dec 11, 2017

I thought sailboat fuel was a term referring to empty fuel tanks.

showcrop · Dec 11, 2017

(quoted from post at 19:44:15 12/11/17) I thought sailboat fuel was a term referring to empty fuel tanks.

To the best of my knowledge this goes back to the seventies when all truckers got their CB radios. The guy that was passing everything in sight climbing a big hill would be asked what he had on for a load. Most likely he had no load at all in his trailer, only air, so the standard reply was "a load of sailboat fuel".

Russ from MN · Dec 11, 2017

Sailboats run on wind or diesel, so it's either air or stale diesel!

MarkB_MI · Dec 12, 2017

One might reasonably wonder why he has a couple hundred gallons of old fuel stored on his farm. If indeed it's old gasoline, you can probably burn it 50/50 with fresh gas in your old Farmall. But given you really don't know what it is, it might be best to pass on it. No sense turning your place into a superfund site.

Ultradog MN · Dec 12, 2017

Well, John Denver stored a few hundred (thousand?) gallons of gas at his place back in the 70s during the so called oil crisis. Maybe this old farmer had similar flawed reasoning as Mr Denver.

MarkB_MI · Dec 12, 2017

> Well, John Denver stored a few hundred (thousand?) gallons of gas at his place back in the 70s during the so called oil crisis. Maybe this old farmer had similar flawed reasoning as Mr Denver.

Well, far be from me to second-guess the Grammy-winner, proto-prepper and unfortunate Long-EZ pilot. But if that fuel is left-over leaded gas from the seventies, it might be best to let the EPA deal with it.

HenryO · Dec 12, 2017

My 30 footer ran on gas. My 47 footer ran on diesel. many small sailboats run on gas

dr sportster · Dec 12, 2017

Let your nose be the guide. If it smells like paint and varnish it is shot. If it smells like gas I would add it no more than 10% to my fuel.

Dieselrider · Dec 12, 2017

You haven't been around some of these guys after they eat sauerkraut. Just sayin.

BarnyardEngineering · Dec 12, 2017

Sailboat fuel... Gas-X... Nice.

Empty barrels are always handy, though. Cut the heads out of them, fill 'em with scrap. Use 'em for burning barrels. Fill 'em with used oil. Use 'em as portable work tables. Fill one with concrete and turn it into a lawn roller or loader tractor counterweight.

Blackhole49 · Dec 12, 2017

I had an 8n with about 3 gallons of bad fuel in it. I added 7 gallons of premium to it and had an 8n with 10 gallons of bad fuel in it. Ended up several years worth of charcoal lighter and burned the rest.

DonNOhio · Dec 12, 2017

Is that Noah Worka from years past? Suppler of Sail Boat fuel.

Sprint 6 · Dec 12, 2017

I would bet he is pulling your leg. I would
assume he is offering to give you empty 55
gallon drums.

Noah W · Dec 13, 2017

(quoted from post at 20:05:42 12/12/17) Is that Noah Worka from years past? Suppler of Sail Boat fuel.

Yep...Along with Mitchissippi we had the market covered. Even got hooked up with some balloon festivals as their primary fuel supplier. Business was booming for a while. It has finally settled down and it is a breeze to run.

Noah W
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rustyfarmall · Dec 13, 2017

(quoted from post at 19:52:38 12/11/17)

(quoted from post at 19:44:15 12/11/17) I thought sailboat fuel was a term referring to empty fuel tanks.

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To the best of my knowledge this goes back to the seventies when all truckers got their CB radios. The guy that was passing everything in sight climbing a big hill would be asked what he had on for a load. Most likely he had no load at all in his trailer, only air, so the standard reply was "a load of sailboat fuel".

Or, "A load of scale master brains".

showcrop · Dec 13, 2017

(quoted from post at 08:22:26 12/13/17)

(quoted from post at 19:52:38 12/11/17)

(quoted from post at 19:44:15 12/11/17) I thought sailboat fuel was a term referring to empty fuel tanks.

Click to expand...

To the best of my knowledge this goes back to the seventies when all truckers got their CB radios. The guy that was passing everything in sight climbing a big hill would be asked what he had on for a load. Most likely he had no load at all in his trailer, only air, so the standard reply was "a load of sailboat fuel".

Click to expand...

Or, "A load of scale master brains".

That's a good one, LOL.

DonNOhio · Dec 13, 2017

Must have connections in capital.

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