Reall ancient petrol

[Twinklz]

G'day guys.

I was cleaning out my garage when I found a jerry can that my grandfathers filled up in 2004, it still has 4-5 litres in it and I was wondering what exactly I can do with it?

Can I:

1) fill my tank and put it in after I've driven 50 k's

or

2) get rid of it because it will destroy my engine?

also

3) how exactly do I get rid of it if it's no good too use in my car? I mean, I can't just pour it down the drain.

Thanks in advance. ( sorry about the spelling guys, I'm on my phone, don't have a laptop)

Twinklz

 

[NachaLuva]

I wouldnt use it, petrol goes stale. You could add it to your old oil next oil change & put it in the local recycling centre oil bin. Find one with free oil recycling...

 

[Twinklz]

My suburb makes me pay to dispose of old oil I'm pretty sure, what would it do to my engine?

 

[Ratbag]

Gidday NL

I wouldnt use it, petrol goes stale. You could add it to your old oil next oil change & put it in the local recycling centre oil bin. Find one with free oil recycling...

That could be VERY dangerous ...

I just used the petrol in my 20L jerry can in Roo2. It was close on empty (about 10L in the fuel tank). IIRC, the last time I filled this particular jerry can would have been 18 months ago.

Petrol doesn't tend to go off if it's in a sealed and full container.

@ Twinklz: If it looks OK when decanted into another open container, it should be OK if diluted with the petrol in a nearly full tank.

If any of the decanted fuel looks slightly congealed or lumpy, pour it on some weeds in the back garden. It will kill the weeds, and do precious little damage to anything else. It's not like we spend our lives dumping tens of thousands of litres of fuel this way ... In which case it would be dreadful environmental pollution. A little bit isn't going to make any difference to the extraordinary cesspit we have made of our beautiful planet.

If you don't want to take the risk, then just do the second method. Probably the best option. Pour it on the weeds a bit at a time, like no more than a litre at a time.

 

[Twinklz]

It was in a pressurised container, looks alright no lumps so I mixed it with some new petrol and ill use it today