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Originally Posted by Anthony
So... based on what you just said... fuel doesn't necessarily "go bad" overtime, it just gets more and more water in it?
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Depending on how humid it gets outside, I believe so. Probably a piss poor example, but I bought some gas from an old, small gas station and put it in my push mower. The day I bought the fuel and put it in my push mower, everything worked great. Over the next 2 weeks, it was very humid and I finally decided to cut my yard (typically cut my grass once every two weeks). Anyways, the push mower would not start. Took it to a shop that works on mowers and they said they found a lot of water in the engine. The push mower and the gas tank for the push mower are left in my garage and as someone else mentioned, the temperature fluctuation affects the fuel. This summer, I put fuel treatment in the gas tank that I use for the push mower and have not had a single issue all summer.
Regardless, I am sure our car engines have either a better tolerance or the gas tank in the vehicle is better engineered to slow down the process of the fuel turning into more water, or both.