Weekend warrior - Stale fuel?

[EP3TYPER]

Hey guys,

I'm currently not daily driving my car, it sits in the garage trickle charging and I probably drive it once a fortnight and when winter comes it will probably be less.

My question is will I have problems with the fuel going stale? I filled up about 3 weeks ago and still have the same tank. How long before you start to have issues?

[RenzokukenJ]

After a few months

[curtis265]

few months. my car gets driven for 1 week per month. No issues for now.

[EP3TYPER]

Ah ye, how often do you top up fuel and how many kms do you do in that one month?

[u mad?]

just have a sniff, it'll smell funny



























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[curtis265]

Ah ye, how often do you top up fuel and how many kms do you do in that one month?

I top up when i get back and about 200k over the week

[sensei_]

if you know you arent driving the car much, just leave it close to empty, and top up enough for a drive.

[Jasemas]

I thought if you leave the car with more fuel in the tank
It won't leave as much space in the tank for moisture to form and bond with the fuel?

[RenzokukenJ]

I left my car for a year, drove it after, was fine

[mocchi]

just have a sniff, it'll smell funny



























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lmao


I left my car for a year, drove it after, was fine

ur car not race car bro

[RenzokukenJ]

lmao



ur car not race car bro

Ohhhh shit

My car is excel

[mooshie]

I thought if you leave the car with more fuel in the tank
It won't leave as much space in the tank for moisture to form and bond with the fuel?

That's only a problem if you are using ethanol blend. Normal fuel can't bond with water although theoretically you can get condensation which then runs down the inside of the tank and will sit under the fuel where it can't evaporate. Not worth worrying about.

The aromatics evaporating are the main issue with old fuel, as long as your fuel cap is good you won't have too much of a problem. I have a car which sometimes doesn't get driven for up to a month and never any issue with detonation etc and this is with turbo. She only does about 3000km a year at the most. If the fuel has lost aromatics it can contribute to detonation, Opal fuel that they have in Alice Springs can be a pain for this very reason (reduced aromatics for reasons alluded to above)

[amant02]

Not a problem at all. My families 4WD gets only driven once very 6 months or so, that 4.8L Straight 6 ( 17.5L/100 KM :( ).
Never had any issues expect the battery died once, but she wasn't touched for good 10 months when that happened.
I think the old motor oil could be more of an issue when not using the car for long periods of time.