deano59 Member 40 Member For: 20y 2m 9d Gender: Male Location: Rowville, Victoria Posted 30/03/06 01:55 AM Share Posted 30/03/06 01:55 AM (edited) Hey guys, I had around 35lites of Optimax sitting in plastic containers for around 2 and a half weeks and when I put in in the car I thought I could hear a slight amount of pinging under acceleration, could this be because the fuel had lost some of its potentcy sitting in containers. I put some octane booster in the tank and it apppears this has stopped the pinging. Any advice would be appreciated.Ta Deano Edited 30/03/06 01:56 AM by deano59 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/24409-how-long-does-fuel-last/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 RAPID Formerly Turbo6 Donating Members 2,332 Member For: 22y 3m 3d Location: North Brisbane Posted 30/03/06 02:01 AM Share Posted 30/03/06 02:01 AM Mate, plastic containers are not the best for storing fuel at all - I am not surprised at your experience.Even for motocross it is fresh fuel every week. You can tell even after a week of sitting in the plastic containers it goes a little stale.Fresh is defintely best! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/24409-how-long-does-fuel-last/#findComment-365253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iTec TEAM BA Donating Members 1,755 Member For: 20y 4m 3d Gender: Male Location: North of The Bridge Posted 30/03/06 04:37 AM Share Posted 30/03/06 04:37 AM generally it is about a week for fuel before it starts going bad, doesnt matter if it is in plastic metal or a fuel tank. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/24409-how-long-does-fuel-last/#findComment-365290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rboksic Donating Members 514 Member For: 20y 11m 13d Posted 30/03/06 09:05 AM Share Posted 30/03/06 09:05 AM Optimax has a short shelf life. A guy that sets up ciruit cars told me that he could get better power then the supplied fuel was fresh , as staright from the plant,then straight off oth truckRob Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/24409-how-long-does-fuel-last/#findComment-365442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mildman Member 149 Member For: 19y 5m Posted 30/03/06 12:44 PM Share Posted 30/03/06 12:44 PM I found this during some web surfing the other week Quote Just got the following quote, from Something about fuels"We have heard rumours of the Shell Optimax having only 22 days shelf-life compared to the BP Ultimate 43 day shelf-life, meaning by the time it's manufactured to the time it gets transported to the bowsers, then into your tank and used up, it's shelf-life is almost up, meaning you are using fuel which is almost off ... and yes, just in case you didn't know, fuel definitely does go off!!"In either case....you pull into a country servo and pick up some premium that has been sitting there a few weeks - you might not be getting what you payed for.more discussion in this threadPetrol thread Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/24409-how-long-does-fuel-last/#findComment-365548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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