# What to do with Old Gasoline

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-gasoline/55017>\
**Category:** Power/Fuel\
**Tags:** regal, gasoline, buick\
**Created:** [September 12, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-gasoline/55017 "2010-09-12T19:34:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Regal\_Marty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@Regal\_Marty](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Regal_Marty)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-gasoline/55017/1 "2010-09-12T19:34:04Z")

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I bought a gasoline generator for my home because of frequent power outages. Wouldn’t you know: after I installed it we have not had a single power outage that was worth getting the thing going. So now I have about 15 gallons of 5 or 6 year gasoline in the garage. I know engines do not run well on old gas. The only way I know of to dispose of it is to run the stuff through the car. Is there any problem running gas this old in the car? How much can I run through at a time, filling the rest of the tank with good gas?

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-to-do-with-old-gasoline/55017/2 "2010-09-12T19:37:26Z")

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Your gas will be very stale by now, even with Stabil added. I would not put it in the Buick. Here we have a disposal site at the town dump; it has a large tank for used oil and one for gasoline and diesel. I would try the landfill first. Most cities have some facility for this type of waste.