What's the shelf life of petrol?
Discussion
)About 2 months, seriously.
It's not loss of octane as much as the varnish deposits which can clog injectors etc. Especially nasty for carbs. I have first hand experience of this.
A fuel stabiliser will keep it fresh for up to a year:
http://www.ready2race.co.uk/shop/shop.php?action=f...
It's not loss of octane as much as the varnish deposits which can clog injectors etc. Especially nasty for carbs. I have first hand experience of this.
A fuel stabiliser will keep it fresh for up to a year:
http://www.ready2race.co.uk/shop/shop.php?action=f...
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.
Petrol,over time starts to degrade and loose its properties.ETA
As long as there's little air in the container of course.
Edited by thewave on Monday 16th June 17:32
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.
Petrol,over time starts to degrade and loose its properties.ETA
As long as there's little air in the container of course.
Edited by thewave on Monday 16th June 17:32
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 said:
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.
Petrol,over time starts to degrade and loose its properties.ETA
As long as there's little air in the container of course.
Edited by thewave on Monday 16th June 17:32
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.
BLUETHUNDER said:
thewave said:
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.
Petrol,over time starts to degrade and loose its properties.ETA
As long as there's little air in the container of course.
Edited by thewave on Monday 16th June 17:32
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.
busta said:
BLUETHUNDER said:
thewave said:
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.
Petrol,over time starts to degrade and loose its properties.ETA
As long as there's little air in the container of course.
Edited by thewave on Monday 16th June 17:32
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.
BLUETHUNDER said:
Its illegal to store fuel for personnel use.
It isn't, but you do have to jump through hoops (offsets from buildings, bunded vessels, notification to the council) to have more than 15l on your premises. If you follow the guidelines you can keep 275l of petrol for use in internal combustion engines. 
mr_fibuli said:
My mower wouldn't start once the fuel in my jerry can got to about 3 or 4 years old - had to put a few drops into the cylinder to fire it up.
Got a fresh can of petrol this year and it starts on the first pull now.
My strimmer was the same this year but I've decided, with no scientific evidence, that it must be because it's Petroil. The straight unleaded that was left over from last year, once I realised it was going to be of no use to me in the strimmer, worked fine in my better half's Bora (though we're only talking about a couple of litres dropped into a 50 litre tank of course!).Got a fresh can of petrol this year and it starts on the first pull now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline
Scroll down and down and down a bit furter and it mentions stabalisers to keep fuel for longer for small motors (e.g. strimmers)
Scroll down and down and down a bit furter and it mentions stabalisers to keep fuel for longer for small motors (e.g. strimmers)
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