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Mix that gas into one of your cars. What I did is 10gals of fresh gas with 5 from the tank. My sons explorer went thru 50gals with no problems
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Don't do that with a small motor with variable valve timing. Phase separation in the gas causes greater instability in ignition, and can lead to engine detonation even when the engine is tuned properly. That gas will probably be fine run in a simple overhead valve cast-iron motor, but many newer compacts should not run gas with water or phase separation.
I ran my 24 gallons of left-over gas from my recent "ethanol misadventures" through a friend's 1982 full-sized Ford Bronco. We ran it through a Racor water separating filter while pumping it out of my boat, and collected over half a gallon of water. We mixed in 14 gallons of fresh, ethanol-free gas to top off his huge 44 gallon fuel tank. No problems after that running it in his truck.
We had a blast at the mud-hole with that big-ole 460 ci big-block. I even was wearing my black clerical shirt and got spattered with mud. Some people thought that was pretty funny, a mud-spattered old priest ankle-deep in the mud, laughing like a loon. I don't know why.
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Fr. Frank says:
Jesus liked fishing, too. He even walked on water to get to the boat!
Currently without a SeaCraft 
(2) Pompano 12' fishing kayaks
'73 Cobia 18' prototype "Casting Skiff", 70hp Mercury