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Posted: 4/27/2013 12:13:04 PM EDT

I have about 3/4 of a gallon of 1:40 oil mixture left over from sitting around all winter. I want to use fresh gas now.

Is it alright to pour that gas into my car with a full tank?

My gut says no but I really don't know if it would do any harm or not mixed with about 16 other gallons.

Anybody know?

Posted: 4/27/2013 12:16:46 PM EDT

[#1]

I've done it in the past. I don't know if it is good or bad but my car ran fine.

I mix my left over 2 cycle gas with my mower gas now and there seems to no issue.

Posted: 4/27/2013 12:20:28 PM EDT

[#2]

Do it.!!

Posted: 4/27/2013 12:20:40 PM EDT

[#3]

It is what? $2.50 worth of gas. Yeah I would risk using it in the car

Posted: 4/27/2013 12:20:50 PM EDT

[#4]

It would be so diluted it wouldn't matter

It's not like you are putting diesel in it

Posted: 4/27/2013 12:22:06 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
It would be so diluted it wouldn't matter

It's not like you are putting diesel in it

this

But for S&G's, what's the car?

Posted: 4/27/2013 12:23:01 PM EDT

[#6]

Just dump it into the storm drain, and be done with it.

Posted: 4/27/2013 12:25:54 PM EDT

[#7]

Ever mix Marvel Mystery oil into your gas?

How about Lucas oil into your fuel tank.

OP, you'll be fine it's 40:1 not straight 1:1 oil mix.

Posted: 4/27/2013 12:28:36 PM EDT

[#8]

There would be just over 2 oz of oil in the 3/4 gal of mix.

By the time you put it in the tank the mix would be so diluted it won't matter.

Posted: 4/27/2013 12:34:35 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
It is what? $2.50 worth of gas. Yeah I would risk using it in the car

LOL??

Posted: 4/27/2013 12:35:06 PM EDT

[#10]

I'd be more worried about the skunky gas than I would the oil.

Posted: 4/27/2013 12:36:23 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

It is what? $2.50 worth of gas. Yeah I would risk using it in the car

My thought too.

Just pour it in the river.

Posted: 4/27/2013 12:46:58 PM EDT

[#12]

Unless you put a stabilizer in it, it's not good for 2-cycle engines anymore. Straight gas lasts about 1-1/2 years just sitting in a container, mixed gas just a couple of months without a stabilizer. As other posters have said, it would probably be so diluted in a tank full of gas that there will be no issues.

Posted: 4/27/2013 12:59:21 PM EDT

[#13]

It is fine to do that. I am not sure if repeatedly doing that might not foul up a sensor or possibly the cat eventually, but you are only talking about a few ounces vs 17 gallons of gas. I just did the same thing to my car today.

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