old gas, wth did I do(stupid)..help

drkelly said:
True story. My van was shaking it was running so rough. Lights that I didn't know existed on the dash were lit up and flashing. I thought I was screwed.
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that's what I thought the first morning...said to myself "WTH did I freaking pour in here" and since then I've thought "dam, I done all this from some stinkin old gas, WTH" face-palm like never before. But then I just got straight bad and angry that IT WON"T GO AWAY LMBO
 
Croatan_Kid said:
Mechanic in a bottle does work good. I poured a bottle in my generator before Florence and it was purchased in 1994...I've never been in the carburetor.
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If it had gas from 1994 in it, it would probably still crank. If it had gas from 4/19, not a chance :shaking:
 
well all good, lesson learned lol. 10 gallons of clean gas put in last night. started it drove the hell out of it for like 3 miles to slosh it around, parked. this morning fired right up. runs like a top again. whew. now I know the other 4 gallons in my other cans will be for our firepit only haha
 
jeepinmatt said:
If it had gas from 1994 in it, it would probably still crank. If it had gas from 4/19, not a chance :shaking:
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Back when gas was gas!

It wasn't quite that bad...but it would surge pretty bad while running. Basically from idle up to WOT and back pretty much constantly. I filled it up with some fresh gas, dumped that stuff in, left it running while I mowed grass, and when I came back it sounded like a new one!

Any time we ran it I would turn off the gas and let it run until it died in hopes of letting it draw as much out of the carburetor as possible.
 
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