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Will a cup or 2 of kerosene be a problem ?

I had to use a gas can for kerosene about a year ago there is about a cup or 2 of it still in the 5 gallon can that won't come out. Will a gas engine have any issues if I just fill it with gas with that little bit still in the can?

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  • 6 months ago

    By a new gas can and don't mix gasoline with Kerosene and put it in a motor!

  • ?
    Lv 6
    6 months ago

    L.N. is right.  By the way, a low compression engine will run on kerosene if it is warmed up on gasoline.  My grandfather had an old tractor with two fuel tanks, a small gasoline tank to get it started and a larger kerosene tank to run it on.  (In the very old days, kerosene was cheaper than gasoline.)

    A bit of kerosene mixed with 5 gallons of gasoline is not going to hurt a thing.  

  • Anonymous
    6 months ago

    No, i owned a car with a 6 to 1 compression ratio and a 16 Gallon tank I would Fill tank with 6 gallons of Kerosene and 10 gallons of 5 star or Super Fuel and never had a problem

    Back in the Fifties there was no duty on heating Kerosene in the UK

    Low compression  engines would run on warm Kerosene Like they did in WW2

  • L.N.
    Lv 7
    6 months ago

    In 5 gallons of gas it should not be a problem.

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