Drain the tank after adding a gallon of VP 110 race fuel?

I suppose I’ve been over thinking my 2 stroke fuel. What I’ve been doing is filling my small can with about .75 gallon, then adding the 2 stroke oil. That just about makes it for 2 cuttings 2 weeks apart. The bigger can gets about 1 gallon for the 4 stroke mower. After the second cutting, I dump what’s left in the big can in the truck. The premixed gets dumped on the weeds. Then I refill the cans. Not really an issue at this point, my shed burnt to the ground destroying everything in it.

 

Sorry to hear. Hopefully you can rebuild.

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VP110 should not be ‘ jet fuel ‘.....................kerosene / diesel / jet fuel ALL are kissing cousins NOT GASOLINE

at hiway speeds a full tank vs 1gallon NO Issues

creeping bump/grind commute will dull the plugs

2- 3 fill ups previously advised should help without concern...........avoid idling slow speeds

 

I'm no way a scientist or engineer but I wonder if there's any harm at all. Lead turns to vapor just under 800 degrees. Catalytic converters run over 1,200 degrees. I would think that small amount of lead running through the cat would pretty much just get vaporized and disappear. You can correct my thinking.

 

You will be fine.

 

I appreciate it. I’m planning to put something up, probably lay a cement pad first. I couldn’t keep critters from making their home under the floor.

 

Well damn. That sucks. Do you know what caused it?

 

Here is the poop on leaded fuel. The lead content in 1 gallon can not exceed 1.10 grams by Federal Law.

So, at most, there was 1.10 grams of lead in the full tank after the truck was filled.

This is a very small amount. I seriously doubt there is long term damage in the CATs from the lead.

The 2-cycle oil will burn off. Consider, a 32:1 mix only has about 2 oz/gallon. That was diluted with the additional fuel at the fill-up.

The basic, fundamental problem is the ability to understand the arm point to E in the robot indicator. There is even a little light to come on near the robot's foot when the robot is hungry. These are two signals to feed the truck. Perhaps the LOYL needs education about the robot symbol and then signals when its hungry.



Oh, one more thing....QUIT DUMPING FUEL ON THE GROUND TO KILL WEEDS.

 

I don’t. The investigator kept asking what was in this area. A gas can, cans of premixed 2 stroke gas you buy at Home Depot. Oddly, those cans that were 95% empty were laying on the ground burnt outside with liquid still in them.