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- St Louis, MO
Hey all, I'm in OC and I have about 5 gal of old premix that I need to get rid of. Where can I bring this stuff to legally dispose of it? Thanks
Where to dispose of premix in SoCal?
- Thread starter the_man
- Start date
- Location
- seattle area, Wa
your lawnmower
- Location
- St Louis, MO
I would do that except I don't own a mower and grass doesn't grow here anyways since it never rains. I tried the auto parts stores but since its mixed they wont take it.
I expect to be flogged by treehuggers everywhere for this answer... I pour mine on my neighbors POS tree that keeps blowing through the fence (as well as blowing roots through my sprinkler system)
10 gallons later and that SOB is getting bigger, I'm thinking about using it on my own plants in lieu of Miracle Grow.
10 gallons later and that SOB is getting bigger, I'm thinking about using it on my own plants in lieu of Miracle Grow.
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- Location
- outer banks
your car!
- Location
- Downers Grove IL
I had some water get in a 5 gallon of premix recently. We have been having huge bonfires since then. Probably not a good idea in CA though.
- Location
- Hermosa Beach, CA
- Location
- central florida
If Your hoopty is carbureted, that's fine, even good for it. Don't suggest doing it to fuel injected engines. Nasty carbon build-up on intake valve stems may result. May cause them to stick.
- Location
- Brooklin Ont
I pour it in my truck.
Cheers Ray
Cheers Ray
This is a good caution for EFI vehicles... I had to do a repair on a 2010 vehicle that started out under warranty then flipped customer pay when we found the engine failure was caused by old gas.... It stuck the intake valve like mentioned above, broke the rocker arms and stuck the piston rings... 10k later it was fixed
They were not mixing though just straight old gas
Customer has a farm and was putting gas from their storage tank in the van, expensive lesson for sure
- Location
- Granbury, TX
I'll pour old-ish premix in my EFI truck. But the most I've ever added was 3 or four gallons and I'll only do it when my truck's tank is around 3/4 full for max dilution. But the gas is usually not "bad", I just don't trust it in my ski at that point.
I put my old premix in my ski/wakeboard boat. Never had an issue. Uses the old 351.
nucleus_coolins
Does things to makes the do goods
- Location
- Bay Area, California
Your city should have oil disposal pickup that u can put out with trash cans on pickup day. U may have to request it, but they give u a couple gallon jugs to fill and dispose oil for free. San Mateo county does this at least... If not, places like kragen or oreiley usually have oil disposal on site.
bored&stroked
Urban redneck
- Location
- AZ
Same problem here in Phoenix. The city will open for disposal 3 times a year. A FREAKING YEAR!!! The wait line is between 1-2hrs. You cannot get out of your vehicle during that time. All containers must be labeled. Drop off only last about 6hrs. Its absurd.
Drop it down your gutter drainage... We all ride 2 strokes here... I don't think any of us are really "Environmentalists" at heart lol.
Glory_Freestyle
Old, but still ridin'!!!
- Location
- Thornton, Colorado
Exactly what I do. I've been doing this in my truck for 12 years. 190K miles and no issues.
- Location
- Granbury, TX
HA! So have I! 9 years, 190k and no issues.