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McSummation
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Round Rock, TX | Get some fuel stabilizer and put that in the fuel. I use Sta-bil in my mower and chain saw gas. The chain saw gas sometimes goes for several years and it's still good. | |
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MrFixitSC
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| said by McSummation  :Get some fuel stabilizer and put that in the fuel. I use Sta-bil in my mower and chain saw gas. The chain saw gas sometimes goes for several years and it's still good. Same here, I use stabil in both mowers, leaf vac, chipper, weed whacker, pressure washer, chainsaw, snow blower and motorcycle..
yeah, kinda hung up on gas powered stuff  | |
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robbin
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Leander, TX | I don't see any problem. There is just a little oil in it. It won't blow your engine although if you have a 5 gallon container of it, I would not use it all at once. | |
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Greg_Z
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Springfield, IL
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| You should really only purchase enough fuel for the Snowblower, for what you will use for that season. In other words, if you only use 1 Gal, purchase that much. Anything more is waste.
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Greg_Z
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Springfield, IL | Re: [Tech] Gas/oil mixture for snowblower, can use in the car? Use it in the string trimmer then. Or if you have a power washer that uses it, use it there.
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raythompsontn
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Oliver Springs, TN
1 edit | Typically the gas/oil mix is 50 parts gasoline to 1 part oil. If you pour that mixture into the tank of a car with say a 15 gallon tank you have now diluted that mixture to 750 parts of gasoline to one part oil. That is really insignificant and will not affect your engine. You may have that much oil being consumed in your engine by the oil left on the cylinder walls that is missed by the rings.
You can put the mixture in the family sedan without any consequences. | |
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Abyss | Re: [Tech] Gas/oil mixture for snowblower, can use in the car? I doubt the fuel filter will appreciate the oil. | |
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nfixit2004
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Brooklyn, NY | I would not do it! even if it dont do anything and god forbid something does happen to the car you would not forgive your selfs!
besides like others posted there are so many other things that take 2 cycle gas/oil | |
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MrWags
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Sycamore, IL | The oil can *possibly* damage emission controls. | |
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Jersey City, NJ | Re: [Tech] Gas/oil mixture for snowblower, can use in the car? It will also fowl the plugs and your cars exhaust will smell.
This is no different than a car burning oil when the rings and shot. Although, as mentioned, your fuel filter will hate you and will significantly lower its life | |
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join:2006-05-03
Macnutt, SK
| Re: [Tech] Gas/oil mixture for snowblower, can use in the car? What about the filter in the snowblower? It doesn't complain. or in any 2 cycle engine. We do this all the time. 2-cycle oil is designed for combustion. We dump our stale 2-cycle gas mix into a vehicle to get rid of it. That way we always have fresh gas for the small 2-cycle engines. | |
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| Re: [Tech] Gas/oil mixture for snowblower, can use in the car? said by inova :What about the filter in the snowblower? It doesn't complain. or in any 2 cycle engine. We do this all the time. 2-cycle oil is designed for combustion. We dump our stale 2-cycle gas mix into a vehicle to get rid of it. That way we always have fresh gas for the small 2-cycle engines. What he said- If you have a lot and you say you don't use it, I have used left over for years in my cars on 4 stroke lawn eq.
Don't forget that auto engine oil is spread by splash and oil rings on the cylinder walls of all 4 stroke engines and some of that oil is burnt- older the car the more oil burnt. | |
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AngryDog
join:2002-03-22
Lombard, IL
| Re: [Tech] Gas/oil mixture for snowblower, can use in the car? Why not give it to a neighbor who can use it? You might foul your fuel injectors and have the car crap out somewhere inconvenient. Or it might work, but why risk it.
Besides, if you state that you try to conserve then you must care about the environment. So why drive around leaving a blue smoke trail?
But, if you are driving a Chrysler, no one will know the difference. They all burn oil after a couple of years.
Or. If you have neighbor you don't like, give them a fill up. | |
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Jeffrey
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| Re: [Tech] Gas/oil mixture for snowblower, can use in the car? I agree with you, under normal circumstances I would give it to the neighbors. Except, my immediate neighbors are about as unfriendly as they make them.
At this point, I'm not sure how much my Dad cares about the car he's thinking of putting it in. He might have already done it, I don't know, I haven't seen him in a few hours.
The car in question is a '98 Nissan Maxima with 150,000 miles on it. I argued as "that car is just broken in", he sees it nearing the end of it's life. Personally, I think he just wants an excuse to replace it. 
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MysticGogeta
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clubs: | Re: [Tech] Gas/oil mixture for snowblower, can use in the car? If its a old car and you want an excuse to replace it then use it be one fine experiment to see what it does.
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roc5955
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Rosendale, NY
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| Geeze,
I have done this time and again. At the end of the winter, or whatever season I am done with my 2 cycle fuel, I just throw whatever is left over into my car. The little bit of oil will do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to your car.
I have been doing this for the past thirty five years in each and every car I have owned. From my old Nova, to my Saturns, to my Pontiac, to the VWs, and Subarus. NOTHING noticeable ever happened to any of these cars as a result of throwing a couple of gallons of two cycle fuel into the tank.
NOTHING!!!
BTW -- I have heard this question several times on Car Talk, and neither Click nor Clack disagree with me! Those guys are a riot! They are also very smart. You will ALWAYS find me here listening to them on Saturday mornings. It's part of my ritual. | |
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marors1
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Jackson, WI
| Go ahead an do it, there will be absolutely no effect on anything in the car. Hell, at 3.00 a gallon, just send it on up here to WI, and I'll be happy to use it in my car.
Seriously, the oil is a hydrocarbon and the fuel filter can't tell the difference between the fuel and the oil. Remember that fuel is made from oil, just a little further down the line than where the oil was peeled off of the barrel. The comments about the exhaust smelling a little funny may be true, but it will be very slight, and as I said before, it won't hurt anything...it it just too diluted. | |
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AngryDog
join:2002-03-22
Lombard, IL | Re: [Tech] Gas/oil mixture for snowblower, can use in the car? See. You can sneak over to the neighbors at night and put it in their car. They will wonder two things. Why the car is smoking and how come the car is getting better mileage even though its blowing out blue smoke. | |
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rob_in_chatt
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Chattanooga, TN | if you want a good show, sneak a capful ATF (auto trans fluid) and pour it down the carb of an older car. that makes for one hell of a smoke show when it starts, not to mention its gut busting funny as hell. | |
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Oldmainframeguy
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| I keep unused 2cycle fuel in a sealed container for next year. Vapor loss causes gas to go stale. If you use the fuel in a 4 cycle engine, you will eventually foul the spark plug and build up carbon in the cylinder. If the oil in the fuel gets to a car's O2 sensor, you will have problems with engine performance. | |
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netwire
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Mooresboro, NC | Perhaps next year, instead of mixing the fuel just keep the oil and gas separated and mix it in the tank of the snowblower. This will allow you to use any remaining gas safely in your vehicle.
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birdfeedr
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Warwick, RI
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| Re: [Tech] Gas/oil mixture for snowblower, can use in the car? Perhaps next year, instead of mixing the fuel just keep the oil and gas separated and mix it in the tank of the snowblower. This will allow you to use any remaining gas safely in your vehicle.
NO! NO! NO!
Mix your gas and oil in the separate container. Trying to mix in the snowblower tank? What are you going to do, get two guys to pick it up and shake the snowblower?
First couple of replies is best. Fuel stabilizer, or leave it for next year. | |
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Glen1
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| Interesting topic...just had to add some points. There is a tendency for gas in a can to have a small amount of sediment collecting in the bottom over the years. If you do put it in your vehicle try to use a straining device to make sure the sediment doesn't transfer to your vehicle...otherwise a good fuel stabilizer will allow you to use the gas next year. The oil won't normally harm the engine but I would check the owner's manual before doing it.
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Wills
join:2001-01-03
Port Charlotte, FL
| While this used to be an acceptable practice in the old days before electronics and sensors, it's not a smart idea now. The oil will crud up the MAF sensor and can cause deposits on fuel injectors.
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4 edits | Re: [Tech] Gas/oil mixture for snowblower, can use in the car? said by Wills : The oil will crud up the MAF sensor and can cause deposits on fuel injectors. LOL, yeah I guess if he poured it into the air intake it would..
MAF= Mass Air Flow......No where near the combustion
chamber..:)
said by iLive4Apple :the ECU of the car would have to work hard too change the timing of the valves As if its not hard enough already..
the way those valves move, the darn wires keep breaking.. | |
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Jeffrey
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| Re: [Tech] Gas/oil mixture for snowblower, can use in the car? said by major marco :said by Jeffrey :Is this gas/oil mixture for the snowblower OK to put right in the car's gas tank? Sure, go ahead and try it. And when your father blows up himself and everyone else on his block, then he can be nominated for a Darwin Award.  I know I'm not supposed to feed the trolls, but I can't resist...
As shown by the posts here, it won't happen.
And it didn't. He added the gas/oil mixture - just under a gallon of it - to the car last night. The car is running fine, and they already put 100 miles on it since putting it in the tank.
He also talked to our local mechanic, a guy we've used for 25 years...he said the car would be fine to accept the gas/oil mixture, and that he does it all the time.
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Decatur, GA
| You can dump leftover lawnmower gas (as in GAS ONLY) into your car's gas tank at the end of the season to use it up, but I wouldn't recommend a gas/oil mixture.
2 cycle engines operate differently than those that use gasoline only, and you're likely to end up with clogged fuel injectors, oil fouled spark plugs or exhaust that looks like a mosquito fogger truck just went through the neighborhood. | |
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Reg Mauler
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Phoenix,AZ
| I don't know where this myth that mixed gas can't be put in a cars gas tank came from, but it's completely untrue. How is it going to damage anything? The oil is designed to be burned with the combustion of the gas. As far as clogging any sensors or fuel injectors or some dumb shit like that I'd say it's not gonna happen, first because the stuff will immediately be diluted with the rest of your gas in the tank and the duration that the car will be burning the mix will be short. As far as clogging the MAF or a fuel injector, please explain how this would be possible considering the MAF never even sees any gas mixture of any sort and the fuel injector would be more likely to have deposits from shitty gas then from a small amount of 2-cycle oil.
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I just thought she had two cans of gas 
