fuel life span?

[clarion]

how long can fuel sit in a tank, before it turns "bad". ma car been siting for about 3 months with about half a tank of 93 and was wondering

[soullesselantra]

put a can of sea foam in it and try to mix it in if you can get the fuel to slosh around...that should help for a while

[evan938]

id change it out just to be on the safe side. the longer it sits the more octane points it is going to drop

there may be a drain plug on the tank, but im not 100% sure. if not, syphon (sp?) as much as you can out and fill up with new fuel

[clarion]

alrighy

[hyunelan2]

In the future, if the car will be sitting for a while, add fuel stabilizer to it. It's cheap, and available just about anywhere. I think your fuel is probably fine though. I would top-off the other half of the tank with fresh fuel, and drive the car 'easy' through the tank of gas.

[blupupher]

Usualy 4-6 months before it starts to "go bad". If is is going to sit much longer, get a gallon of gas and add about 4-6 oz of Sta-bil fuel stablizer to it and pour it into the car and it will be good for up to a year.
First time it is driven fill it up and drive it for an hour or so and you should be good to go. Adding a bottle of Techron at this time would probably be a good idea also.

[clarion]

yeah i really didnt plan on having the car sit that long, but stuff happens :( thanks for the replies :) ill defintly be driving the car easy for a long time :D

[04 elantra cvvt]

When in doubt, give it a ligh sniff. If it starts smelling like varnish, it is bad.

[clarion]

ok, thanks for da tip ,im gonna try that.....

o/t....but my head bolts are coming in tommorow :clap: ill be able to drive my car again, yey :D