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
>>7951813
>gas will dissolve the plastic
Why would you think this would happen?
>>7951950
Because the plastic used for gas tanks isn't the same as the plastic used for food compartments?
>>7953389
Rude.
>>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.
>>7951813
Don't worry about it. I'm sure Darwinian natural selection will work things out.
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.
>>7953475
Says PP5 on the bottom.
>>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.
>>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.
