With this social distancing going on, I don’t drive anywhere. Will the gas in the daily driver last? It only gets driven about once a month before the virus. Now it’s been sitting about 2 mo. What do you guys think?
It starts to go bad fairly quick but modern fuel injected vehicles don’t have as many issues with it compared to what carbureted engines do. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
I add Sta-Bil fuel stabilizer and fill the tank with Ethanol-free fuel just before storing it. I had a car stored that way for two years and it started up & ran fine. and that was a carbureted engine,
depends where you are, how the car is stored, what kind of car it is, etc. I've been ok here in AZ with gas over a year old in older cars in my garage. Late models with sealed fuel systems, a couple years. But in older cars, sitting outside for over 5 years, it turns into a mess.
New gas? There’s new gas? I use 1 oz Sta-bil marine in every fill up and have for 7 years. A 15 gal fill up lasts about 2-3 months as I drive 2000 a year. Carbs and tank are clean and not any junk or build up in any thing. I have one of those glass AC 50’s fuel filters right before the carbs.
I have been told that Standard Oil premium is will be good for a year. That’s one reason I always buy premium fuel. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
I will not put that shitty ethanol gas in my old cars. here is an article on Phase separation... It is a lucky thing that here in mn there are over 500 stations that sell non ethanol fuel http://www.lcbamarketing.com/phase_separation_in_ethanol_blen.htm
the new car have sealed fuel systems and the fuel lasts longer than in the older cars. if the fuel has ethanol in it and it is allowed to evaporate it goes bad in a month or two. the better the grade of fuel the longer it lasts. using stability and fuel additives does help. I manage a collection of over 50 cars, I battle this daily, your results may be different.
I had pure gas in my car when the transmission laid down. After it sat about a month, I decided it might be down a while, so I put a bottle of Stabil in it. Last summer, I decided I was going to drain the nearly full tank before I ran it with the newer motor, so I started pumping it out {electric pump} a couple of gallons at a time and using it in my lawn mower and 1955 IH farm tractor. It ran as good as fresh gas, so I decided to go ahead and crank the car on it. It ran fine in it, too. That gas was at least three years old or older and still looked and smelled like it did when I put it in. That Stabil works!
I usually do not have any problems with the new gas in my older vehicles sitting over winter but trouble starts when it gets closer to a year,years ago I bought a parts car that sat for 16 years and I needed the gas tank from it and it was 3/4 full of gas so it went in along with the gas and it was still good but would not try that today.
I think i have said this before. I THINK it was Hot Rod Magazine had a article about Gas left left in carbs/tanks. This new shit will eat the aluminum of a carb if left for a while.
Thanks, it’s an 06 ford pu, so I guess Sta-Bill it is. Got some on the work bench, so I won’t have to leave the house. Thanhs for the info.
That non-HAMB vehicle won't care about the fuel sitting in it's tank, fuel lines or injectors. It's designed for this fuel. I have a 1 year newer of the same truck. I just drive it to work once a week or so. Some times I take it to the hardware. Sometimes I just go for a drive. Mostly to keep the battery charged. If it sits for two months or longer, the gas won't matter much becasue the battery will probably be dead. Those trucks always have a power draw, unless you unhook the battery. It keeps the radio info memory going and they have an alarm system even if you don't use it. Anyway enough with the non-HAMB stuff. Let's get back to real hot rods.
I recently built an off topic vehicle and stored it for two months. It wouldn't start and upon examination the carb adjusting screw had corroded and blocked the jet. Never saw a problem like that before
Being in Minnesota I do have some knowledge of storing a vehicle for months. Have put cars in storage in October and fired them up in April. Never used Stabil or Seafome and never had a problem. I fill the tank with non-oxygenated premium fuel,disconnect the battery and bring the battery home to keep warm and on a trickle charger. A good premium gas with no ethanol/alchohol seems to last at least 6 months.
there is no problem with non oxygenated fuel. My impala sat unused for 3 years (I know, shame on me) and fired right up last summer with non oxy gas. It is the crappy gas with 10% ethanol that won't last much more than a few months
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