The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk Couple of head scratchers

I don't remember gasoline having a "color" to it. When I drained my tank today this this is what it looked like. Should I worry about the color? Plan on blowing out the lines, changing the rubber lines and in-line filter. Then get some fresh gas in it for its first start-up since it went from the truck to my garage 6 months ago.
Also wondering about the spring tied around the front left motor mount going to the shift linkage (3 on the tree). I'm sure it's not original, just not sure where it should go and how long it should be. Any ideas?

It is old gas. You have the procedure downpat. That spring is a clutch pedal return spring. It usually is smaller than that & attaches to a bracket on a oil pan bolt. I can,t make out what that vertcal rod or whatever it is is.

fredoly,

To my knowledge, gasoline has always had color. This is one way different brands and grades were identified. When I worked for Standard Oil, we actually injected dye into the gas as it was being pumped off the tanker into the storage tanks.

As for the spring...take it off and see why it was there. Good luck.

Stuart

old gas, just what wrenchbender ret said

I can't speak for all states but in Kansas gas isn't clear. Your picture looks like normal 87 octane around here. Premium has a bit of a pink tinge. Having said that, if the gas is six months old & wasn't stabilized you should probably not use it. BTW diesel is colorized too. I don't remember the color but off road diesel that isn't taxed as heavily has a specific color so the LEOs can tell if the driver is cheating or not.

Go get some fresh gas & pour some into a clear container. I'd be really surprised if it's clear. BTW, the 20+ year old gas I drained out of Sweetie was quite red in color, almost totally varnish.

I have never seen gas that didn't have color to it. I just assumed that the color was normal.

That spring is either for the brake pedal or the clutch linkage. (keeps the pedal coming back up after you press it down)
For either of those, there should be a little bracket bolted to the frame that the spring goes to.

Good luck.

Really appreciate the feedback. Now I can get back to work and get it running and on the street. Thanks bolters!

My gasoline was twice as dark, with little rust chunks floating freely. Getting new everything. Gas in Nebraska has a little color to it, not quite that dark though. Good luck. Wada

Dude.. I run gas thru my engines that looked like Killians Red before. Dump some on the ground, drop a match.. if it ignites, it's good.

What you want to watch out for is loose crud in the tank itself clogging up lines.. but i've fired up vehicles that hadn't been run in as many as 15 years just by filling 'em up with some fresh gas, and squirting some fresh gas in the carb to get it going till the fuel pump could fill up the line.

I've been all over the world.. some places the gas is clear.. other places the gas is tinted that same kind of color. Never knew why, and I can't say as tho I ever cared enough to find out why.

Of course, I prefer clear gas.. that way it's easier to tell which can was for the weed whacker and which one was straight gas.

Most all fuels used do have a die put into them. I understand that when fuels are transfered to fuel depots in pipelines a die is added so as to tell when and what type of fuels are present.Computers and persomel then know what tanks to dispence fuels to.

I've got 5 gallons of 5 year old nasty gas too.. i mix it into my weedwacker gas and occasionally i'll use some to clean parts with.. it will start The Binder, but i dont want to pour it back in the tank.

If I have old gas w/no chunks I feed it into my brown truck a little at a time-that stuff costs too much to waste. Like Fumblin said, if it will burn...