With ethanol, I wouldn't use it past 6 months unless it was in an engine I really didn't give a fuck about. If you have to store ethanol jew gas, hit it with some stabilizer before you store it. And I would never use ethanol gas for 2-stroke mix if that's what you're intending.
With non-jewed gas, if it's stored airtight and in a cool/temperature neutral spot away from sunlight, I'd be comfortable up to a year for sure. I have never really gone beyond that.
Side note, ethanol is an anti-gelling agent. Can't make napalm with ethanol gas. Everyone should have some Flash 21 A/B.
Tips for fuel storage AND tips for the revolution...you won't get that from the Car Doctor.
Oh, fuck, never use a gas stabilizer. I used gas stabilizer in my roto-tiller and it wouldn't start the next spring. Nothing I did would make it start. I finally took it into the shop, and they changed the carburator. Now, I know they didn't need to put a new carburator on it. The fuckers were too lazy to clean the carburator. I stopped going to that shop, and it is now closed permanently. Gone. But the experience taught me one thing -- never, under any circumstances, use a gas stabilizer in any engine.
It wasn’t the stabilizer, it was moisture that was absorbed into the ethanol and the gas varnished. Stabilizer extends the life, but won’t completely prevent gas from varnishing. I guess if you used Chinese or Mexican made dollar store stabilizer it could’ve been the issue....
It’s always the sludge that fucks up the needle.
Now, I know they didn't need to put a new carburator on it. The fuckers were too lazy to clean the carburator.
First I thought 'jews', then I thought 'niggers'
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