Re: Use the old gas?

Posted by Jon H on June 13, 2005 at 11:47:47 from (69.26.18.72):

In Reply to: Use the old gas? posted by Pajamafied John. on June 13, 2005 at 08:09:47:

Dont put it in an engine. A few years ago during crop spraying season,the farm storage tank ran dry with no supply avalible untill late afternoon. We needed to run the gas engine water transfer pump that day so I scrounged around and found a clear gallon jug of gasoline that had set in the sun for several months. Poured it in the pump and fired it right up. When it was time to fill the second load,we found the pump had a stuck exhaust valve,no compression. Did not make the connection,removed the head from the little briggs,freed up the valve and loaded another load.next load the valve was stuck again and even the little Briggs slide valve choke was sticking. The situation finally dawned on me. That awful gas got dumped and new stuff siphoned from a tractor got things running fine again. lucky that it was not an overhead valve engine,or we could have had a bent/broken valve and a broken piston.

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