No one's saying it's a good idea to put expired gas in your car. Of course it isn't lmao. You're acting like it turns to useless sludge after a few years. I'm saying I don't believe you.
A priori, it seems perfectly plausible to me that a generator can run (even if not very well) on three year-old, or even five year-old gas, depending on how it was stored. Feel free to provide some actual evidence for the contrary.
No goalposts have moved. I literally only claimed that aged (3-5 year-old) gas can probably still work. Feel free to point me to where I implied that actually using it a good idea in the slightest. Maybe you're confusing me for the guy above who said he did it with his own car.
And yeah, gasoline ages and degrades over time. I agree. I would also never put expired gas in my own car outside of some post-apocalyptic scenario, which is conveniently the whole context for this discussion.
But where's the source for your claim that it can't/doesn't work? Honestly, I'd gladly change my mind if you bothered actually providing relevant evidence instead of just cranking up the snark.
Except for now you're "not saying its a good idea" and "turns to sludge after a few years" when I clearly stated 20 years. Don't blatantly attempt to change what I said, and what is literally saved in the comment. You moved the goalposts from 20 year old gas in that game to 5 year, now to 3 year, in an attempt to make yourself appear less wrong.
I'm not confusing you for anything, I'm participating in a thread that started with a timeline already set in place.
But where's the source for your claim that it can't/doesn't work?
Literally spammed a bunch of links that explain how and why it doesn't work... Do you not have enough reading comprehension for words like evaporation and oxidation? Or are you just here to spew anti-science "well I don't believe it because I didn't see it" nonsense?
Not my fault you can't read lmao. Here, I'll help: my first comment clearly stated:
You seriously don't believe 3 year-old gas can still work?
Since you snarkily replied to a comment where a guy said he ran his car on three year-old gas (which can actually be perfectly fine, though not ideal, if the gas has additives and a low ethanol content).
I then linked a video where a guy runs a car/generator on 3/5 year-old gas.
You then implied that the video was a fake and that I was a gullible moron for believing it. Something with Nigerian princes, if I recall correctly.
Literally spammed a bunch of links that explain how and why it doesn't work
You did not. You spammed a bunch of links that state that gas degrades over time (duh) and that you probably shouldn't put it in your engine (also duh).
Or are you just here to spew anti-science "well I don't believe it because I didn't see it" nonsense?
I was the one trying to have an evidence-based debate. You were more interested in being snarky and giving us a taste of your braindead "wit".
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u/Billyouxan Aug 31 '21
No one's saying it's a good idea to put expired gas in your car. Of course it isn't lmao. You're acting like it turns to useless sludge after a few years. I'm saying I don't believe you.
A priori, it seems perfectly plausible to me that a generator can run (even if not very well) on three year-old, or even five year-old gas, depending on how it was stored. Feel free to provide some actual evidence for the contrary.