Re: The shelf life of gas/oil

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> How long does gas and oil last in a car???? As I have
> 5 cars and one Harley ,one of them gets very little

I think the gas-goes-bad thing is a bit overrated. I started a
fresh engine on two-year-old gasoline and it drove just fine.
Tank was sealed, had no water, about 1/4th tank. I ran it a bit,
filled it up and zero problems.

Oil I don't know. I imagine it would take many years of sitting to
gum up, if it's reasonably fresh. There's a hint in the excessive
"3000 miles or 3 months" thing -- maybe annual changes for
rarely-driven cars would be a good idea. Oil's cheaper than
engines (for now :-)