Stale RUG what experiences have you had.

[Brad S.]

Every so often I read someone who has used old gas to mix with wmo.
Wondering if any OB wmoer's use old gas on a regular basis??
Does RUG get too old to be used to mix with wmo???
Or does old gas work better with wmo, since gas has the opposite effect of cetane in diesel fuel???
Just thinking about long term storage/usage of old gas, when mixing it with wmo.
Thanks guys.

 

[homelessduck]

I've been wondering the same thing. Hopefully someone will post with their experience.

 

[leswhitt]

I've run RUG that's several years old with WMO, it seems to reduce the viscosity just the same as fresh gas. I still centrifuge so I can't say if the dirt separation properties are the same but it seems to work pretty good. As I understand it, old gas has less octane than new gas so it might even have some pros to use older gas.

 

[Brad S.]

I've run RUG that's several years old with WMO, it seems to reduce the viscosity just the same as fresh gas. I still centrifuge so I can't say if the dirt separation properties are the same but it seems to work pretty good. As I understand it, old gas has less octane than new gas so it might even have some pros to use older gas.

I'm kinda hoping that old gas is better with wmo, might be a easier to find fuel sources.
Thanks les.

 

[idiabuse]

I prefer stale varnished up boat gas , thins out the mix the same, filtering and circulation as usual, burns great in my 7.3. some is in my truck now but I ran out of stale "stale gas, price per gallon FREE" and forced to use 87oct

Whenever I find that stuff I run.


Javier

 

[leswhitt]

Thanks for that idea....I'm in Buffalo and tons of boats are pulled from the water and shrink-wrapped for the winter. Now you've got me thinking about how to get the gas that they probably pull from the tanks before they put them up for the fall/winter.

I prefer stale varnished up boat gas , thins out the mix the same, filtering and circulation as usual, burns great in my 7.3. some is in my truck now but I ran out of stale "stale gas, price per gallon FREE" and forced to use 87oct

Whenever I find that stuff I run.


Javier

 

[Kalashnikov]

I've been running stale gas 50/50 with WMO since early this year. Works well. You can pretty much double your fuel. I've been meaning to try a higher ratio of stale gas, maybe as high as 70%.

It definitely helps all the junk settle out of the WMO and decrease filtering and filling times. The stuff I use was maybe 10 years old.

It will also help with cold flow problems.

Beware that old gas may contain a bit of water. Mine was from an old gas station so I'm not sure if the water was from the tanks there. I do know in the last few drums I got I drained gallons of water from my settling tank.