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Old May 2, 2007 | 01:41 AM
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Default Treatment for bad gas.

my gas went bad in my eclipse over the winter any one have good experience with a fuel treatment other than siping the fuel out?
Old May 2, 2007 | 08:53 AM
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I rhink you will find that the gas
just smells bad and with a bottle
of injector cleaner you can run it through.
If you can add more Just add premium.
My vettes are sitting with old
gas and they will run fine.
Don't expect that it will run great
but for one tank you can handle it.

Old May 2, 2007 | 09:27 AM
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Yea gas shouldn't go bad over one winter, at least not bad enough to have to siphon it out. Try addinginjector cleaner, and once the tank is around 1/2 empty you can top it up with fresh premium gas & you should be fine.

Having said that, don't be going racing at the 1/4 mile track with that tank full of winter gas lol
Old May 2, 2007 | 09:46 AM
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Forget the cleaner and premium.Just add some fresh regular and drive the car.
Old May 2, 2007 | 10:15 AM
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ORIGINAL: Chopper

Forget the cleaner and premium.Just add some fresh regular and drive the car.
Noooononono!! chopper you dumbass!!

What if that bad gas had some water in it?? can you say "bye bye motor"!!

Get some treatment called heet, you can get it anywhere for about a dollar. It gets rid of all the moisture in your gas and cleans out your tank, of course add it when you fill your tank up. Its goooooood stuff and is really good for your throttle body and carb. That would be the best way to go.

And chopper if I ever hear a statment like that again from you.......[sm=pcwhack.gif]
Old May 2, 2007 | 02:25 PM
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lol, well the whole point of storing a car with a full gas tank is to avoid condensation problems in the first place.

And yea, if you did happen to store the car with a 1/2 full tank then I'd be worried about condensation too
Old May 5, 2007 | 12:14 AM
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I sold my boat to a guy with 2 year old gas in it and it was running like crap. He said he put some stuff called Seafoam in it and it corrected the problem.
Old May 5, 2007 | 12:44 AM
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Old May 5, 2007 | 11:39 AM
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ORIGINAL: hellion_79

ORIGINAL: Chopper

Forget the cleaner and premium.Just add some fresh regular and drive the car.
Noooononono!! chopper you dumbass!!

What if that bad gas had some water in it?? can you say "bye bye motor"!!

Get some treatment called heet, you can get it anywhere for about a dollar. It gets rid of all the moisture in your gas and cleans out your tank, of course add it when you fill your tank up. Its goooooood stuff and is really good for your throttle body and carb. That would be the best way to go.

And chopper if I ever hear a statment like that again from you.......[sm=pcwhack.gif]
You'll What????
The question wasn't about how to get water out of the gas tank,it was about what to do about three month old gasoline.A little water going through thesystem isn't going to hurt anything either.
Again,just fill the tank with new regular gas and be done with it.
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