Disposing of old petrol

[Output Flange]

I drained about 25 litres of old fuel out of a tank into a couple of Jerry cans, and now don't know what to do with it.

It's old, I have no idea if it's any use, and I don't fancy trying it in any of my cars.

So the question is, where do I get rid of it (legally, safely)?

Or, if you're in Herts and fancy a free top-up, it's all yours...

[lost in espace]

Where are you, it is of use to me.

[Output Flange]

Near Tring.

[big_boz]

If its petrol go on the biodiesel forum and someone will come and take it off your hands for gratis

[lost in espace]

Ah a bit far, sorry. Stick it on ebay with "wvo missfuel" in the description and you will do ok selling it!

[Kong]

Make an fire!

[Benbay001]

Book a track day.

[mattball]

Burn it. Bottle it up and use it for cleaning greasy/sticky stuff?

Add small quantities of it to your tank every few weeks until it's gone?

[thescamper]

Is this pistonheads or have I stumbled across some eco warrior forum.

The OP should have his membership revoked for asking this question, the answer is simple make a fire.

[anonymous-user]

Petrol bombs. There aren't enough petrol bombs in the world.

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thescamper said:

the answer is simple make a fire.

Repost.

And boring.

[jdw100]

Drink it! Add tonic, ice and a slice first of course.

[Tunku]

Buy petrol driven power tools and use it up.

[Big Fat Fatty]

Make a massive spud gun.

Some drainpipe, a roll of duct tape, a steel box and a spark plug attached to a battery mounted somewhere on the side of the box, then just add petrol and several potatoes.

Have fun

Or, give it to this guy

Edited by Big Fat Fatty on Wednesday 20th March 14:31

[simon1987]

I used some petrol my friends paranoid dad bought back in 2000.

If anything my 2000 bora and 1999 v70 ran BETTER on it, probably due to less alochol/ethanol in the fuel

[smartphone hater]

How old? Petrol doesn't somehow become totally unusable after two years like some think. If you don't want to put it in your car use it up in the lawnmower or similar.

[Motorrad]

Sniff it. Should reduce any alcohol bill you have and by the time you've finished it you'll have a new hobby.

[skyrover]

petrol is one of the best degreasing/cleaning agents there is...

clean your driveway

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smartphone hater said:

How old? Petrol doesn't somehow become totally unusable after two years like some think. If you don't want to put it in your car use it up in the lawnmower or similar.

At least 5 years old.

Don't have anything else petrol powered to put it in, and I'm not using it to clean a gravel driveway one stone at a time...

[Liquid Tuna]

Pour it over some speed humps. Goes nicely with tarmac.