Re: The shelf life of gas/oil
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Re: The shelf life of gas/oil



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 :-)







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