I have a question about phevs. So gasoline goes bad after 3-6 months. If you’re just running off of the battery and not using gas for months, do you need to remember to use up the gas before that happens? Does the car remind you?
Don’t own a PHEV (honestly a terrible idea for where I live) but I have worked in fuel for years:
There are additives that make fuel stable for up to 2 years. Technology Connextras has a video where he starts a mower or something after a full winter of it being unused and it just starts.
Also, PHEVs will periodically force the gas engine on for that very reason I’m pretty sure
Gamermanh is right. My car forces the engine to run for a few miles every 60-90 days, if I haven’t used it recently enough.
For the first few years I owned it i did use a fuel stabilizer, but don’t anymore. After hearing from other drivers of my model that it really wasn’t necessary due to the sealed fuel system, I decided it wasn’t worth the hassle of finding the funnel to add it into the tank.
I go through maybe 2x 14 gal (55L) tanks a year for about 1000 of my average 6500 mi (1800km/10000km)
I have a question about phevs. So gasoline goes bad after 3-6 months. If you’re just running off of the battery and not using gas for months, do you need to remember to use up the gas before that happens? Does the car remind you?
Don’t own a PHEV (honestly a terrible idea for where I live) but I have worked in fuel for years:
There are additives that make fuel stable for up to 2 years. Technology Connextras has a video where he starts a mower or something after a full winter of it being unused and it just starts.
Also, PHEVs will periodically force the gas engine on for that very reason I’m pretty sure
Gamermanh is right. My car forces the engine to run for a few miles every 60-90 days, if I haven’t used it recently enough.
For the first few years I owned it i did use a fuel stabilizer, but don’t anymore. After hearing from other drivers of my model that it really wasn’t necessary due to the sealed fuel system, I decided it wasn’t worth the hassle of finding the funnel to add it into the tank.
I go through maybe 2x 14 gal (55L) tanks a year for about 1000 of my average 6500 mi (1800km/10000km)