Disposing of old petrol (or diesel for that matter)

Just put it in your car and add 50 liters of new fuel.

On Saturday, 4 November 2017 16:42:55 UTC, David WE Roberts (Google) wrote :

Why not be sensible and give it to someone with a car?

If he has got a modern diesel car what would be the safe ratio to mix it with? We don't know what the small amount is .

G.Harman

I wouldn?t mix petrol in diesel in any modern diesel car. Just not worth the risk.

Surely must know someone with a petrol lawnmower?

Tim

It's November the fourth. Surely you can think of a way to dispose of it tomorrow evening ...

some year back when moving an old oil tank about 2 gallons of kerosene were spilt - they ran through the hedge down into the farmers field.

a few months later all plant life in an area about 4 ft across had died.

a year later it was all back.

petrol is more volatile than kerosene just throw it away on a patch of uncultivated land

Or mix it with washing up liquid to make swarfega degreaser

Together with your eyebrows.

More likely a rather larger WHUUMPPPF than you expect. The vapours above the sawdust will ignite very easyly and if the vapour/air ratio happens to be just right they'll go semi-explosively...

That is by far the safer option.

Or as others have said just bung it in a, preferably petrol, car.

Agreed, what do we pay Council Tax for?

We used to bury all rubbish in a big hole in the ground. Now we have to pay the council to collect it, but some of the time they won't, then they char ge us yet again for our rubbish not meeting their rules, which tend to be i nterpreted somewhat foolishly by their staff. I guess that's progress.

Cutting down good trees if you live in Sheffield.

We used to bury all rubbish in a big hole in the ground. Now we have to pay the council to collect it, but some of the time they won't, then they char ge us yet again for our rubbish not meeting their rules, which tend to be i nterpreted somewhat foolishly by their staff. That's progress apparently.

replying to David, Iggy wrote: I'd vote for burning it. Pour it into a very wide pan like a pizza pan or make one out of aluminum foil and light it...a wide open pan means you aren't restricting the flames or fumes, so no explosion or hazard. Then, you want to keep the can open to let it fully air-out and evaporate. If you'd like, afterward you can fill it with water and dishwashing liquid to remove the rest of the can's flammability.

I think the normal routine is disposal by way of a warm barbecue.

Best warn Trump first though in case he thinks "little rocket man" is getting frisky.

AB

I had 5 litres of petrol that came from a gunked up tank and had had cleaners added as well. There was no way it was going back in a car, so I poured a small amount each day onto the path in our back garden and just let it evaporate. It didn't seem to do a good job of killing off either the weeds growing between the paving slabs or the ants living there.

SteveW

Yep, we have a darwin award nominee

There speaks some one who has never tried that and has no idea of the volatility and flamabilty of petrol.

Experience has taught me that you DO NOT attmept to burn petrol in the open. It will go WHUMMPFF and will produce a fire ball from the vapours.

dispose of

Link? No.1 Daughter is at Sheffield Uni and some what of a political activist. Apparently was on (front row of the fancy dress marchers) the recent demo about Orgreave.