Do you use the gas from your scrapped cars?

Never done that. I don't do much at all with vehicles. However, I pick up some of the older kerosene heaters from time to time and if they have fuel in them I try to pour it into a container and save it for starting fires in the burn pile.

I'd take it out anyway. If its bad it's good for putting on fire ant mounds or burning limbs and leaves.

i would look for fuel pump after filter cut and let fuel pump do all the work and filter gas it safer than most ways then i see.Sucks i got diesel but my mower happy lol

here is my general rule of thumb if i buy a junk car and it srates and runs or i know last time/how old gas is yeah

if ?able or isitting a long time NOPE

i have 70 gallons of good gas at the ready right now from junk cars

I part 4-6 cars a year. Anyway i always use that gas for something. If its clear and smells normal i go ahead and burn it in my own car straight up. If its slightly varnished i mix it with 70% fresh gas and go ahead and burn it in my car. If its heavily varnished i use it for cleaning parts or starting fires.

The Scrap yard around here makes you take out the gas tank and if you try to sell the gas tank you have to cut a 8" hole in it

Originally Posted by recyclerscrap

The Scrap yard around here makes you take out the gas tank and if you try to sell the gas tank you have to cut a 8" hole in it

same here, i have to pull each tank or cut the hole, i always pull the tank as i can get $40-$70 for a good fuel pump, and plus its alot easier to get the gas once the tank is out and my yard likes them better that way, they tend to overlook a few tires mixed in with the load if the tanks are out

Originally Posted by chrisc

i would look for fuel pump after filter cut and let fuel pump do all the work and filter gas it safer than most ways then i see.Sucks i got diesel but my mower happy lol

^^^What I do. Got about 15 gallons out of the last 2 cars I did.

Exactly me 3. And 2 hints. Certain vehicles if ya pull the ecm fuse the fuel pump will run indefinitely and not shut after 15 secs since there is no oil pressure signal. Gm's primarily and some fords If I remember right. Also if you look under the hood, some have a test port for the pump. Older monster buicks and what not from the 80's had a pigtail sticking out of the loom by the master cylinder. Others are in the under hood fuse box....or hell even power up the fuel pump fuse...that should kick it on.

Don't mind me. Mech for many years till I gave it up for health reasons and **** wages. Had a firestone told me 13.00 a hour was too much and I had 2 much experience. They just couldnt afford me..lol. And yes it's true, I have forgot more than most people will ever know....the saying is true.

If you let gas sit in a container the good gas will always float to the top. So when u need a fill don't shove your hose all the way to the bottom just use the top layer of fuel.

I will have burnt salvaged gas in my vehicles many times. As the others have added, use some common sense and look at and smell it. if in doubt don't use it.

Here are a few tips I can provide that have served me well enough in the past.

I normally pick up the clear kind of rubbing alcohol (~90%) anywhere cheap ( around a $1 or so per 20 oz bottle) and dump some in to eat the water and give it a bit of a boost. All "heat" or "octane boost" type products mostly are alcohol (methanol). I have found about an 1/4to 1/2 oz / gallon works wonders for old gas and puts some pep back into it. Helps avoid some of the issues of using salvaged gas. If you have a mostly aluminum engine I suggest cutting back to a couple cap fulls. Adding too much can burn up parts and cause premature failure if done often. It does not seem to cause any damage to iron engines.

As someone else stated above the best way to deal with pumping it out is to use the pump itself and run it through the filter. A few minutes looking up the wiring for the pump to find the positive and ground is all it takes with a nice long set of jumper cables. (Connect to pump wires and then the battery. Don't need sparks flying.) Try to do this without dropping / removing the tank when possible. You don't want to stir up the sediment on the bottom of the tank if it can be helped.

Hope that helps.

When I used to help my uncle out with taking in vehicles, we would drain the gas and mix it with new stuff. Did the same with the car I scraped out after I demoed it at the track. Yards around here make you drain all fluids and pull tires.

I use the gas for my yard van and others for there vehicles. I have an 08 Malibu 2.6 LTZ and will not risk it with that car.