Off topic and I might not be able to show my face around here for a bit after this, but anyways.
My friend has a Vespa Scooter (yeah, yeah) that she left half a tank of gas in for five months with no stabilizer. So right now it is refusing to start, battery is good and all (full charge) and everything seems good elsewhere. I've never honestly dealt with bad gas before so I'm not sure what there is to do. My friend had it happen to him once, but we just dropped the tank and drained the entire system. I'd rather not spend my Saturday dropping a Vespa's tank, so... My current plan of attack is:
1. Siphon out the half tank of gas in the vehicle
2. Dump in a tank of new gas.
3. Manually prime engine using the choke.
4. Hope it starts.
5. Have her drive it around for a bit, follow her around in my car and hope no one I know sees me.
6. Wait till she falls asleep, take Vespa to scooter store, sell it.
7. Claim some homeboys from Detroit must have stolen it.
Is there anything tricky I'm missing here? Or any kind of cleaner I should dump into the thing along with the new gas? I assume a basic siphon won't drain the entire fuel system out (like the bad stuff already in the fuel lines won't get pulled out) but I'm hoping with enough fresh gas in it the scooter will be able to burn up the crap in it.
As an aside the reason the gas went bad was she forgot to dump the stabilizer into Vespa. She let the stabilizer sit there on the window ledge for 5 months without putting it in.
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