600W 2-stroke generator

[Stephen]

It looks like Halfords sell "easy start" so I'll give that ago, along with the other suggestions, thanks.

[Stephen]

Thanks. I will try these.

[Stephen]

Thanks. I have found this on the Halfords web site. Some google results refer to it as Holts easy start but the photos are identical, so either Bradex owns Holts or vice versa.

I hadn't thought of that. That's a good idea and would save me a trip to Halfords.

Like Chris said, I have heard this but how does it evaporate from a metal tank? Is it that the seal is not very good?

Yes, I always do this.

Thanks, Stephen.

[Stephen]

It is this type of generator:

(not meant as an endorsement of machinemart because we all know of their poor customer service!)

I don't know how easy it will be to take apart, being a cheap thing, I'm not sure if they are meant to be stripped and serviced or whether they are seen as disposable, but I'll certainly have a go and might learn something in the process.

Thanks, Stephen.

[Stephen]

What is the best and safest way to dispose of the old petrol?

[Chris Hogg]

I can see how volatiles might diffuse through the walls of a plastic petrol tank over an extended period, or through the tiny breather hole in a petrol tank cap, but I don't see how they could escape from a sealed metal can. Maybe they don't, and it's only petrol left in the tank, possibly a plastic tank, on the actual machine that deteriorates and results in poor starting.

[T i m]

As long as it's clean I can't see any reason why you wouldn't use it in a petrol car, especially an older one with no fancy cat or electronics. I'd happily use it in the kit car on top of a (at least) half full tank. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

[Adrian]

Engine oil tank at your local tip.

[Adrian]

Given that we're talking mostly about two-smokes, it can be taken as read that it isn't "clean". I did once tip about three or four litres of slightly over-oily and long-since premixed two-smoke into the near-full

25l tank of one of the 2cvs. Never again. It pinked like an absolute bugger.

[NY]

Molotov cocktail?

Barbecue lighting aid?

PS: I am most definitely JOKING...

[Tim+]

You jest surely? Can't see the council tip wanting their waste oil tank being turned into a potential bomb.

Actually, I have no idea about the actual risks but this *seems* like a Very Bad Idea to me.

Tim

[Adrian]

My old next-door neighbour begged to disagree on that. The windows rattled every time he had a bonfire.

[Adrian]

How big is that tank? A litre or two of stale petrol in there is going to make precisely bugger all difference.

I've taken old petrol down there before, and been told to pour it in there.

[Tim+]

Hmm, I'm not sure that your average council tip employee is trained in hazard assessment.

Tim

[Adrian]

SEP.

[no_spam]

Pour it into an old metal dish (baking tray?) and set fire to it in the garden - a complete non-event provided obvious precautions are taken ... an opportunity for natural selection to come into play ;-)

[Tim+]

Still think it's a bit irresponsible suggesting it as a valid disposal method. I don't believe for one moment that the oil collection tanks are designed to contain a highly volatile explosive liquid. The greatest danger being that no one would *expect* them to have petrol vapour in them.

Tim

[Muddymike]

Give it to me. I'll run my Land Rover on it:-)

Mike

[T i m]

Ok ... and I was mostly talking about 'free of debris' (like rust). I accepted that some vehicles (especially modern ones with cats etc) might not appreciate 2/ oil in the fuel to any level.

Ok.

I've done similar with about the same quantity of 50:1 in the (Mk2 Escort based) kitcar and didn't notice any difference .

Would a shot or two of Redex have the same effect on your 2CV's do you think?

Cheers, T i m

[harry]

The petrol tank has a vent. In the Summer heat it lets the volatiles out.