[Healeys] Gas

[Chris Dimmock]

I'd be more concerned about the 15 year old tyres........


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On 30/04/2011, at 12:23 AM, "John Sims" <ahbn6 at verizon.net> wrote:

> In addition to the Healey which I lay up for 4-5 months during snow  
> season,
> I have a lawn tractor, gas trimmer and gas blower and I never change  
> the
> gas. Never have had a problem starting them (the lawn machines all  
> have
> battery start) except once in a while I forget to charge the  
> batteries for
> the trimmer and blower.  I also have the same air in my tires that I  
> put in
> around 15 years ago. It is Las Vegas air so it is smog free (at  
> least Vegas
> was when I lived there)
>
> John Sims, BN6
> Aberdeen, NJ
>
> http://www.healey6.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys- 
> bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Bob Spidell
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 8:54 AM
> To: Bob Yule
> Cc: HEALEY LIST
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Gas
>
> Another data point:
>
> My father is a farmer and has a 500-gallon gas tank for his  
> tractors, etc.
> He's semi-retired and has contracted out most of the farm work, so  
> the 500
> gallons can last quite a long time (over a year). We fill all our  
> cars that
> can run 87-octane--including my Mustang GT--from that tank and we  
> have never
> had any problems we could attribute to that gas.
>
> I fill a 2-gallon steel can for my lawnmower, and 2 gallons can last  
> me up
> to 2 years (so the gas can be up to 3 years old).  This can appears  
> to have
> no lining and the insides of the can are absolutely spot-free and  
> bright
> metal.  Mower always starts on the first or second pull, even on the
> three-year-old gas.
>
> Bob