Gasoline 35 years old
#1
Gasoline 35 years old
This is hard to understand, but I just pulled the gas tank off my '68 H/O which was parked in 1986 and the engine pulled at that time. I bought the car and brought it home 3 years ago. Three days ago I emptied 3 gallons of gasoline from it, no stinky varnish smell at all. The gas was nice and red, see photo. How could this be?
#3
Do you have Covid, lol? Hard to believe it don't smell. Are you sure it is not diesel they put in it? I know people back then that put diesel in the tanks of cars they knew were going to sit for many years.
#5
Second this.... ^ Looks like off road diesel fuel to me. I never seen gas with this much red color.
#6
Leaded regular gas was often dyed red. Shell esp comes to mind.
My guess is someone may have added Stabil or Marvel Mystery Oil to it.
About 20 years ago the Pontiac bud bought a 66 Starfire that had a gas tank from who knows what on it. It was wedged into the straps with 4x4 lumber and 1) looked screwy and 2) the sender was wildly inaccurate since that tank held only about 20 gallons.
We got a tank (among other things) off a junked 66 Dynamic sedan that had about 3 gallons of red gasoline in it. No idea how old it was but that gas smelled normal too.
We drained it to be safe, but after we got it installed and functioning, he added a gallon of it per tankful of 93 unleaded till it was gone. That Starfire burned it just fine.
My guess is someone may have added Stabil or Marvel Mystery Oil to it.
About 20 years ago the Pontiac bud bought a 66 Starfire that had a gas tank from who knows what on it. It was wedged into the straps with 4x4 lumber and 1) looked screwy and 2) the sender was wildly inaccurate since that tank held only about 20 gallons.
We got a tank (among other things) off a junked 66 Dynamic sedan that had about 3 gallons of red gasoline in it. No idea how old it was but that gas smelled normal too.
We drained it to be safe, but after we got it installed and functioning, he added a gallon of it per tankful of 93 unleaded till it was gone. That Starfire burned it just fine.
#8
I have heard from many old car collectors the gas from cars stored for decades is better than modern gas that’s a year or so old.
Assuming what was in the tank of that car really was gas, it probably would run. Probably not all that great, but it would run.
Assuming what was in the tank of that car really was gas, it probably would run. Probably not all that great, but it would run.
#9
I don't think it is diesel, no oily smell or feel to it. It's gasoline, probably very high octane as they raced the car before rod bearing went bad and ruined crank. May have some additive in it.
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