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Old 05-17-2018, 07:27 AM   #6
Benson
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Another thought ...

Might want to put in fresh gas ... Old gasoline will act funny.

I find that fresh winter gas will work just fine in in my "modern" Fuel Injection cars when mixed with gas in the tank. Note: (never old stinky unknown gas)

A couple of times I found that if I put a match to some year old gas from a Model A tank that it would not even light off. That is crappy gas! All of the volatile stuff had evaporated off.

I would use fresh gas from a high volume BRAND NAME station.

Why I buy from brand named stations this time of year.

Government says:

1. That all distributors/dealers have to purge all Winter gas from their lines by May first.

2. Then retailers have until June 1st to purge their tanks.

One guess here ... who do you think buys the leftover Winter gas this time of year?

It is the discount stations that sell the leftover Winter gas!

Winter gas works "OK" in FI ed cars with oxygen sensors and such; as mixture is constantly adjusted unlike carbureted cars where mixture is fixed.

You do not want to get stuck with WINTER gas this time of year with all of its vapor lock problems with hot days coming soon.

Details are found here:

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=11031

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