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So a friend just emptied his motorcycle gas tank and stored the gas in a protein powder bucket half an hour ago, with the purpose of having new gas in the tank.
I reckon, since the bucket is intended for storing food, the gas will dissolve the plastic?
Can he use this gas for his car or is it too late now?
I don't have information about the plastic readily available atm.
>asked in /o/ and told I should ask here
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>>7951813
>gas will dissolve the plastic
Why would you think this would happen?
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>>7951950
Because the plastic used for gas tanks isn't the same as the plastic used for food compartments?
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>>7953389
Rude.
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>>7951950
>Why would you think this would happen?
Not OP, but gasoline is a solvent for some other petroleum based products (sharpie ink comes to mind).
I wouldn't be surprised if it were perfectly safe.
But I'd be concerned that his friend is just assuming it would be safe, mostly through wishful thinking.
Sounds like a dick move.
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>>7951813
Don't worry about it. I'm sure Darwinian natural selection will work things out.
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Depends on the polymer the container is made out of. Might be soluble in gasoline, might not. You'd have to know the plastic to get a definitive answer.
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>>7953475
Says PP5 on the bottom.
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>>7953474
>>Sounds like a dick move.
>How?
Since you're asking here, it sounds like he's exposing you to what (for all he knows) is a dangerous situation, and he's comfortable with that because "seems ok to me, lol".
The again, I left my teens back in the early 1980's, so maybe I'm just being a curmudgeon.
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>>7953494
His MC wouldn't start, so he emptied the tank in order to get new gasoline. He put the old gasoline in what he had available - an empty protein powder bucket which he placed outside. I was just questioning whether the gasoline would dissolve the plastic or if it could be used in the car. I don't really see how this is dangerous, but thank you for answering.
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