NO DEISEL IN GAS CAN?

red31 wrote:
What color is for 50:1 mix? what about 40:1?

RED

Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer.

By the way, you CAN often run just ONE mix, 50:1 is a more "modern" mix for EPA sake..

You can run 40:1 instead of 50:1 giving the engine a bit more lubrication which can prolong the life of the engine..

I simply have a 2.5 gallon can that I put my 2 cycle mix in, it IS CLEARLY LABELED BY ME to indicate the mix ratio and that it is two cycle mix..

A splash of 2 cycle mix in a regular gas engine won't hurt it and should not be an issue..

But once again, two cycle mix in a Diesel can destroy a lot of expensive parts..

Something else that no one has mentioned, the color coding IS rather helpful for FIRE DEPARTMENTS when dealing with potential fire hazards while on a call..

What color is for 50:1 mix? what about 40:1?

Doesn't anyone bother to smell what they dispense anymore? Must the government protect us from everything?

Dave H M wrote:

I have one diesel tractor in the barn among all the other gas equipment. And being a little on the common sense and practical, I am gonna continue to get the occasional five gallons of diesel I need in a red plastic gas container. if I put diesel in my lawn mower it is on me.

Interesting comment.

When my father - who also kept diesel in a red can with the word 'diesel' on it in magic marker - was too ill to mow his lawn, and I ended up pouring diesel into his gas lawn tractor cause I didn't notice the magic marker, he didn't seem to think it was on him. He thought **I** was the idiot for not noticing the magic marker scribble on the side of a RED gas can.

I bought him a yellow diesel can for Father's day after that. And kept my thoughts about someone being too cheap to do it right to myself.

Might be better if we didn't stand on our head and turn it into a problem? :)

Oasisbob wrote:
I have no problem with our Oregon no pump your own law. I see no fuel cost savings in states where customer pumps so why put someone out of work? I am borrowing a yellow fuel can from a friend so problem solved. I do not own a deisel. Only wanted it for cleaning solvent. It has been educational. Glad I asked. Thanks to all

Glad we made you happy.

You may not have a problem with it, but that was still the reason for the problem you had. If you had not been annoyed by it, you probably would not have posted about it. Why didn't you just go across the street to another station?

Rules and regulations aside, something like this is very unlikely to happen to most of us. The last time I even saw an attendant out at the pumps was probably last year in Hiland Wyoming, when I filled my Jeep at a little roadside station. Full service. I think she was just lonely. At the normal station, no one is paying any attention to what is happening out at the pumps, and at least half of them the counter guy couldn't see the pump side anyway.

And for the guy who works at a station, and hits the E-stop when he sees evil-doers, I think you must be joking or maybe working at a little roadside single island station. Because I've never seen any attendant show any interest in what is going on out on the islands. They don't even have time to fill the receipt printers or paper towel dispensers.

Wow i read all the way through this thread. Info spanned from the ridiculous and unfounded/supported all the way up to the facts.

I have one diesel tractor in the barn among all the other gas equipment. And being a little on the common sense and practical, I am gonna continue to get the occasional five gallons of diesel I need in a red plastic gas container. if I put diesel in my lawn mower it is on me. :S Sides that container is a different shape than the others (for gas usage) and has Diesel Only scribbled across it.

I have no problem with our Oregon no pump your own law. I see no fuel cost savings in states where customer pumps so why put someone out of work? I am borrowing a yellow fuel can from a friend so problem solved. I do not own a deisel. Only wanted it for cleaning solvent. It has been educational. Glad I asked. Thanks to all

Here is my KIZZ my AZZ response to these NON user friendly fuel containers. Parts from AMAZON.