The longer my 305 TPI waits for weekend wrenching action, I get the doom and gloom feeling that the full tank of super unleaded I topped off way back in late June is going extremely stale I assume.

I did not use Stabil Fuel treatment like I read all about in magazines or TV commercials thinking that super unleaded I purchased at Sunoco will last longer than regular unleaded I can buy at HESS locally.

So what do you guys think? Should I just dump the new bottle of Stabil in my tank now or siphon off the super unleaded and use it for parts washing?

Also, can you guys PLEASE recommend a good fuel siphoner? Autozone sells one that is hand operated so I guess I'll be purchasing that as well but I am one to try new devices found off the net to make life a bit simpler.

Thanks a bunch !

 

its good

gas that sat in a crown vic for 4 years, started right up
8+ of about 10 gallons freshened up with 5 new in a 70's dodge 440
3 years in a dodge van
7 years in a chevy 454

all of them started and ran, but they also got a good dose of injector cleaner with the first fresh tank of gas

if its just june of 09 fire that puppy up and do a burn out it will be fine

if its been over a year than you may want to take it out and put in some fresh but thats 4 i personaly seen or did myself that didnt have any issues

best siphon tool..........an old 12V fuel pump or a $30 in line 12V fuel pump, its what most all mechanics use

 

At Home Depot in the plumbing section you can get a tool that plumbers use to drain out small tanks, toilets, pipes,etc.....it attaches to a normal drill and can flow/drain in both directions. $15-20 cdn.....so in US$.....$5-10.

But your gas should be fine, Just like 82RS_82Z said.

 

Sounds good to me so far but I get concerned about the notorious fuel additives such as MTBE ( a cancer causing carcinogen ) they add here for some green emission reason here in the Northeast. I bet they don't add that stuff down in Alabama versus Connecticut do they? I thought I'd throw this in to the question to nail the shelf life of Super or Regular. You guys run an ethanol mix probably better than ours. I guess I am being overly cautious here but YOU guys have the experience!

This ultimately leads me to my fuel siphon question: Is the June stash of super unleaded in my '88 IROC safe or wise to use into my '96 3.8L Camaro? I intended to put each Camaro drivers side to feed off the other.

I just don't want to cause any extra problems in the future so I'm brainstorming in advance.

 

I have a brand new Home Depot just open up locally here. I will definitely check it out !

So far the consensus is old gas is good gas.

 

we got MTBE here

hopefully you will get a few more posts but i honestly think it will be ok, my maro sat for 6 months back last year and started right up and ran fine had super in it

all the cars i mentioned had pre 2002 gas in them, if it makes a diff i dont know.....all 87 octane to

 

Every winter I alway intend to use Stabil, but I always forget(all 9 years now). The car sits for 5 months in my garage. The FULL tank of gas I left it over the winter just seems too burn off quicker in the spring. No harm that I can see. Within the first few drives into the 2nd tank and the car is just rippin down the road just fine!!!

 

I thought MTBE was replaced by E10 because of water contamination? That stuff goes bad even faster. I'd definitely put Stabil in it. Nothing like clogged injectors to ruin your day.

 

Sunoco 94 ethenol mix here! And thats what has been left inside all 9 winters.

I use inj. cleaner in the 2nd tank.

 

I wouldn't worry about old gas. My 305 always fired up with gas between 6 and 12 months old... And once a gallon from a truck that sat for over 2 years, just filtered the grit out before adding it to the tank. :P