Leftover fuel......

[chrisexv6]

I was always curious.......if I'm out bashing but dont finish a tank of fuel, is it absolutely necessary to dump it even if I bring the truck into a cool dry environment? I disconnect the fuel line to run the engine out, then reconnect it just to keep the air out of everything.

I've always just dumped it, but at $30.00 gallon it seems pretty wasteful. Granted its not always a huge amount of fuel, but tonight was a case where its about 1/3rd of my tank (250 cc Ofna tank, so 80cc is a fair amount of fuel to be tossing)

Thanks.

-Chris

 

[Brushlessboy]

I dont, and as a basher it makes no difference. Do afterun the engine though, but dumping the fuel from the tank I find is unnecessary. Just keep the sealing O ring in good nick and shake it up before use. I only empty the tank if its going to be a while between sessions. I can't say I've ever had any bad experiences doing this. I sometines even clean the top of the tank and tip the fuel back into the bottle.... Shouldn't, but never made any difference

 

[savage x]

i just keep it in my tank..if i take the truck somewhere i just suck the fuel back out with the fuel bottle, no need to throw it out.

 

[RCnut]

i just keep it in my tank..if i take the truck somewhere i just suck the fuel back out with the fuel bottle, no need to throw it out.

+1, but it is a rare day when i do NOT run all of the fuel out. lol

 

[BOUTCH]

I almost always leave fuel in the tank, without any problems. But if you do not intend to run the truck for awile, you should empty the fuel tank and do your afterun.