[jensend]

So, due to a litany of odd circumstances, the "ethanol enhanced" gas in my '02 Z-28 has sat long enough to "spoil". Other than removing the tank or using the fuel pump to pump out the gas though a fuel line, does anyone have any trick to deal effectively with this old gas? I have to deal with this before I'm able to do other necessary repairs and prep the car for the season. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

[slowTA]

Drain it and dump small amounts in each tank of the daily driver?

[CrashTestDummy]

Drain it and dump small amounts in each tank of the daily driver?

I wouldn't do that. Not even in the lawn mower. The stuff is crap, probably acidic and probably has so much water dissolved it won't burn well.

Get it out any way you can and take it to the next hazardous waste collection your town has. The stuff won't run well in a car. The car may start, but will either run rough, and/or won't have any power to move it out of the garage. Run a couple of tanks full of fresh gas with a bottle or two of Techron to try to clean things out.

Had the same thing happen to our 86 SVO. Ended up replacing the fuel tank (steel) pump, sender and filter. Looks like I'm going to have to pull the injectors to send in to have cleaned/tested, as one seems to refuse to work.

I've since gone to running VP C9 in all of our 'frequently-unused' cars. Of course, we have a fleet of them, so getting a drum made sense. I now run it in everything but the DDs; the garage queens, the generators, the lawn mowers, the weed eaters, Margaritas, etc. VP says it'll stay 'fresh' for extended periods of storage. I do still run the generators empty, since they're tested only once a month, and when they're needed, they're NEEDED.