Technical Green gasoline???????????

Possibilities:

(A) Sta-bil (as noted by others already)
(B) The reaction of components of the fuel, and the solder used on the float.

Suggestion:

Drain tank, and flush with a couple of gallons of fresh fuel
Rebuild the carburetor, preferably with a kit containing a leather accelerator pump
Place disposable inline fuel filter at the carburetor, and start the car. After the engine has run for a couple of hours, remove and discard the disposable filter.

Jon

 

100 octane aviation fuel is green

 

Dye from an off road intended fuel??? ^^^^^see AVGAS above.

 

Someone peed in it day after st Patrick's day?

I've never seen that either. Strange.

 

i used sta-bil for years, then switched to startron, which imo puts sta-bil to shame.

 

When I was talking about overwintering I was referencing the Ole Hotrod...the tank has a vent hose that exits underneath with a 3/8" bolt stuck in the end and I sometimes add stabilizer...it must allow venting as I've never had pressure when popping the filler cap. Why the bolt? I stuck it in there as it fumed the garage up. Perhaps my cap is also pressure vented as it has a rubber seal and metal disk with spring. I have not experienced fuel issues to date. There is ethanol in the 87 Octane Regular fuels I use as well to varied degrees...our winters are real snowy cold rust belt specials so I am very happy I can fit the daily with the Hotrod and still have room to work...and keep my treasure in a seaonable environment all winter and summer long...

 

@Jokester, did you drain the tank and get things back in order?

 

I submerged my flathead block in a blue plastic barrel in water with 3 lbs of lye. Letting it sit in afternoon sun. In a week or so, I am going to pull it out and give it a shower with air gun siphoning purple power. Then a good rinse with pressure washer. I want to visually inspect it for internal cracks. This gall it will go to machine shop for shake n bake, magnafluxing, and machine work.

 

Drained the tank today. The gas in the tank was the normal color, and not green. Pulled the filter and the can had about a teas**** of the green gunk. Tank comes out next week, or maybe some day that the outdoor temperature is only double digit.

Thanks for everyone's input.

.bjb

 

Don't know if I'd worry about pulling the tank. Just change the filter and add fresh gas and see what happens. What do you have to lose?

 

These words mean the same thing.

 

I thought that one has to have a flame to ignite whereas the other has to be soaked in something. You can throw a lit match into a bucket of diesel and the match will fizzle, the opposite with a bucket of gas (petrol).

 

Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing (according to a handful of dictionaries I googled). Combustible is similar, but some combustible things need a bit more heat than normal room temperature to ignite.

'Ole Roy's tractor struggled to start on cold mornings. The diesel was combustible, but it was too darn cold for it to catch. Roy had a can of inflammable ether, which was just the ticket. 'Course, 'Ole Roy got a little heavy handed with the flammable ether, and kinda primed the sump. When the old John Deere caught, it blew the sump clean out.

Cheers,
Harv

 

I don’t think it’s your problem, but they had some fuel line in the 90s that would react with br***/copper when ethanol fuel came out. It would turn green. Also would plug everything on carbs. The fuel line was grey in color.

 

I'm thinking old ethanol is my problem. The tank comes out today or tomorrow. It's from a 64 impala and the sender is from an even older Chevy truck. I want to check everything out before I put the carb back on. Gauge is inaccurate too, so I'm killing 2 birds with one stone....I hope.

thx,

.bjb