What's the shelf life of petrol?

What's the shelf life of petrol?

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thewave

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Monday 16th June 2008
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Supposing I had a suitable storage facility (ignore the regulations and all that other crap for a minute)

How long would, let's say, a jerry can full of petrol remain useful?



(I'm preparing for the Mad Max type scenarios hehe)

thewave

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Monday 16th June 2008
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My thinking was that as long as it's sealed properly, then it shouldn't 'go off' as it can't vapourise (I assume that's the correct terminology?)

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As long as there's little air in the container of course.

Edited by thewave on Monday 16th June 17:32

thewave

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BLUETHUNDER said:
thewave said:
My thinking was that as long as it's sealed properly, then it shouldn't 'go off' as it can't vapourise (I assume that's the correct terminology?)

ETA

As long as there's little air in the container of course.

Edited by thewave on Monday 16th June 17:32
Petrol,over time starts to degrade and loose its properties.
I assumed this would be the case, but wondered how long it would be useful for.

So going off on a tangent slightly, is it possible for Joe Public to buy large quanities of fuel in advance, such like the large airline companies do?

What would be the minimum? For instance purchasing £10k of petrol in advance at 116p or something?

All hypothetical of course.

thewave

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Tuesday 17th June 2008
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BLUETHUNDER]quote said:
Its illegal to store fuel for personnel use.
It's also illegal to do 35mph in a 30mph limit

I wasn't so concerned with storage, more of the purchase in advance