[s-cars] NAC (other than my S6 is in the barn) How do I

[LL - NY]

Well, as luck would have it, the salvage guy took the tank
(and the V8 block, heads, oil pan, etc) that were hanging 
out in my garage. So all is done. 

Tanks ;-) for all your help.

LL - NY

On 7/25/05, TMULLANE at snet.net <TMULLANE at snet.net> wrote:
> Larry,
> 
> Our local recycling center takes gas tanks.  For the
> plastic ones, they must be cut into pieces; metal
> tanks must be poked full of holes to avoid trapped
> vapors.
> 
> I usually dump out the gas for use in the mower, then
> punch a bunch of hole with a pick axe.  No explosions
> yet....
> 
> TOm
> 
> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 20:28:50 -0400
> From: LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] NAC (other than my S6 is in the
> barn) How do I
> SAFELYdispose of a gas tank?
> To: Mark Strangways <Strangconst at rogers.com>
> Cc: "S-CAR at audifans.com" <S-CAR-List at audifans.com>
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> 
> Bob confirmed what I planned to do. (although I
> didn't want to do the fan
> part until I realized outdoors, there is no way for
> the fuel to get even
> close to stoichometric.
> 
> As for the fill water, I guess the environmentalist
> in me (I literally sit
> above the aquifer I drink from) doesn't like the idea
> of dumping the
> water with trace fuel in it into the ground. My
> background suggests
> the ground will be completely unable to filter the
> fuel before the water
> gets to the aquifer. And as for the atmosphere, I've
> transferred all
> but the trace fuels into an old gas can, which I'll
> take to a recycler
> to do whatever they do with it. It's so full of dirt
> and rust and it's
> nearly 2 years old, so I wouldn't even put it in a
> lawnmower. And,
> it's only about 2 gallons, so I hardly feel like I'm
> wasting money.
> 
> Thanks, one and all.
> 
> LL - NY
> 
> 
> 
>