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Life of petrol in car

Shelle · 2023-10-04 18:05:46

Does anyone here know if there is a "lifetime" for petrol in a tank of a car that has not been used? Basically, due to being hospitalised in an emergency and then not being discharged for 3 months, my car was left in my garage at home unused. I submitted a SORN on it in the first month. Despite being discharged at the…

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badmemory Posts: 10,162 Forumite

6 October 2023 at 2:01PM

With 3 different cars I have had to stop driving post op for 3 months twice & once for 6 weeks. I have never had a problem with petrol. Once with the new stuff (recently). Although the first back in 1993 I did have to turn the engine over twice.

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