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Ive got some in a jerry can and want to put it in my car, but I'm unsure how long it lasts?
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sparkyt
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If it still smells like petrol
Stick a small amount on your finger and blow on it . If it dries on your fingers in just a few seconds your good to go ...
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I always leave my bike with a full tank over the winter around 6 months and its never been a problem.
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6 months is okay for me , try and keep it low and go carefull till youre on fresh fuel
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91 golf g60, 89 golf 16v , 88 polo breadvan
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The petrol in my transit is over a year old and it still runs on it ok when I occasionally run out of LPG, starting from cold on it might be a little harder though now
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820
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I can confirm that seven years the petrol smells off but my car still ran on it, I only had a couple of gallons in a big tank, the problem was the inside of the tank above the fuel began to corrode and this got into the fuel once filled up causing the filters the block.
As bababoom says best to keep it full if left for a long time.
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It also depends on the state of tune of the car, we used to regularly have to drop the fuel out of modern sports bikes that wouldn't start after standing for the winter, the same fuel would then go straight into the works honda vision which never missed a beat and was unkillable...
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currently using my 3 year old petrol atm, aint got a problem as long as it ignites, although i'm using the petrol out of the ute for cleaning and that's over 3 years old, drained it out the tank when i removed it
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gavs1
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Well today we dragged a Honda c70 out from a dried out pond, ok front is rotten but the guy said its sat there for over 8 years, whipped the plug out gave it a few kicks we got spark and good compression so plug in, can of Lynx in hand few kicks a squirt and she ran, ruff but she ran on 8 year old fuel
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I'm running my diesel with 5-10% of 20 years old 98 octane  Still got 30 liters to burn... |
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bazzateer
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can of Lynx in hand few kicks a squirt and she ran, ruff but she ran on 8 year old fuel Bet it smelt nice too! |
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1968 Singer Chamois Sport
1972 Sunbeam Imp Sport
1976 Datsun 260Z 2+2
1998 Peugeot Boxer Pilote motorhome
2003 Rover 75 1.8 Club SE (daily)
2006 MG ZT 190+ (another daily)
2007 BMW 530d Touring M Sport (tow car)
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can of Lynx in hand few kicks a squirt and she ran, ruff but she ran on 8 year old fuel Bet it smelt nice too! I can just imagine this happening but rather a scantily clad man its a rusty pile, barely recognisable as the epic moped it once was, spluttering into life. its then that my fantasy spirals into things I'd rather not admit to on the internet. |
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gavs1
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yall mad as a box of frogs  |
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Nathan
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I seem to find Modern Petrol tends to eat the hoses before it has chance to go off.
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i've used lynx in a zippo lighter before  |
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Modern petrol from the supermarkets is high in ethanol (?) or something and it goes off in two weeks. Old petrol isn't as bad. It will still run but might not run so good. It is not a good idea to leave it sitting full of petrol any more.
Two real world examples
- used Tesco petrol last time out in the 1936 Austin 7. Ran very spluttery when being readied, could not get a decent idle, sounded like it was off a cylinder, would not rev through the range - drained and filled with fresh petrol and it was much better.
- Alfa 156 gets used about once or twice a month a minute on BP petrol I put in last autumn. Runs lovely every time. Of course more modern cars will adapt to the fuel to some degree so it is harder to tell.
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Still got 30 liters to burn... 
