A few weeks ago I discovered a canister of gas, about half a year old from another project. I did notice it smelled a bit weird, but the smell didn’t register enough to keep me from topping off the tank with it.
After that, I had business about 550km away and thought it a perfect opportunity to take a ride. After not even 100km, the motor started stuttering, warning lights flashed and then it cut off completely. There was a gas station close by, so I stuttered my way over and filled up again. The whole trip took way longer than planned, because the motor would start stuttering again after less than half a tank and I would have to fill up again.
Arriving, the motor would die under 2000rpm, so I had to keep it at least at 4000. The backfiring didn’t help my mood much either.
On the way back, the bike was much better behaved, and I hoped that it finally burned through all the bad gas. Relief! Thought I’d treat it with some additive to hopefully clean out the fuel system. But then the stuttering came back - so bad it was obvious the only trip for me would be to the dealer.
So now I’m anxious to see how high the price for my stupidity will be. And I swear in future my bike will only get the best super plus!
Yeah, this is one of the major plot holes in Zombie/Apocalypse movies.
You always have scenes of people siphoning gas from abandoned cars years later and it just wouldn’t work.
Ready to use gasoline can’t last a year, even when stored in ideal circumstances. Crude oil even has a shelf life of only so many years.
It’s one more reason everything’s going electric. Much easier and safer to sort out electrical storage long term than gasoline.
I’ve always had this thought. My plan is sto start growing corn and become the wasteland’s only ethanol refiner
You mean… something like a moon shiner?