 Car has sat for a year, How bad is year old gas? |
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| scrz914 |
 Jun 12 2011, 01:22 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 398 Joined: 21-April 04 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 1,960 Region Association: Central California  |
I know that gas starts to degrade after sitting for 6 months. My car hasn't run for about a year now. My plan was to drain the fuel out, but it looks like there's more in the tank than I thought and I don't have a big enough pan.
Would 12 month old gas damage the injectors? Could I mix in some fresh gas and get away with running the old through? Anyone with have this experience? |
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| GeorgeRud |
Jun 12 2011, 04:52 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,725 Joined: 27-July 05 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 4,482 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Yeah, E10 is shorthand for the sorry excuse for gas that we have to deal with these days.
I think there are still a few places that have the real stuff, but we've been stuck with this stuff for years in Chicagoland. It seems to cause the most problems when it's first introduced into an area where the old cars have been running straight gasoline for years, now all sorts of stuff starts dissolving with then newly introduced ethanol. Let's just hope that they don't start making the E15 that is being proposed. It would be one thing if it reduced the dependency on foreign oil (kind of a patriotic thing), but it takes more energy to procude the ethanol than is saved by its use as a motor fuel! Just my 2 cents. |
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scrz914 Car has sat for a year Jun 12 2011, 01:22 PM
tod914 If it's not E10 gas, and you used Stabil or th... Jun 12 2011, 01:38 PM tod914 And change your fuel filter while your at it. Jun 12 2011, 01:39 PM Dave_Darling If your engine and fuel system are stock, I think ... Jun 12 2011, 02:27 PM underthetire Don't worry about it on an injected car. Carbs... Jun 12 2011, 02:37 PM scrz914 Gas still smells normal. I feel better about just ... Jun 12 2011, 02:51 PM r_towle Start it, drive it, get rid of the fuel....fill wi... Jun 12 2011, 04:41 PM scotty b If it is ethanol GET IT OUT !!! I have... Jun 12 2011, 04:52 PM sean_v8_914 get rid of it.
dont run it
CA gas, right?
what... Jun 13 2011, 07:28 AM carr914 e10 is bad before it even goes in your Tank :barf... Jun 13 2011, 08:10 AM 914rat E10 caused me a total top end teardown and gummed ... Jun 13 2011, 02:12 PM Drums66 ......I agree just dump it!!! :idea:
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scrz914 Turns out to be a moot point..fuel pump no longer ... Jun 13 2011, 05:32 PM |
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