vujade 0 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Ok, maybe a little stupid question but it says "Any topic is welcome here!!!" I like to store a little gasoline in the garage just in case zombies attack and we need to bug out. I just noticed that I have a 5 gallon KEROSENE BLUE container. It has wording all over to NOT store gas in there. Why? I thought all containers were created equal. Is it just a color scheme so that folks don't use the wrong fuel? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
747mech 1 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 It's just to keep you from putting it in the car. Red for gasoline, yellow for diesel, blue for kerosene. I had one I labeled for two-stroke premix. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blammo 0 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Storing it in the 'wrong' container is fine, just grab a sharpie and label it appropriately so you don't get mixed up in the spring and pour diesel in the mower If you're going for long-term storage, add a fuel stabilizer like sta-bil or PRI. When I was a kid one of my chores was mowing the grass. I think those 2.5 gal containers reproduce in the dark shed over the winter. We didn't believe in labeling containers F-O when applicable, so more than once the 4-stroke mower got a gulp of F-O and the 2-stroke weed whacker got a lower ratio of oil than it expected. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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