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one of my e30s has been sitting for atleast 18months and i'm finally getting around to chopping it up, slow process but it's happening now.

i remember it had around 20L of 95octane in it before it got parked up. now upon draining the fuel tank i noticed the colour of the petrol coming out looks like someone has drunk like a hundred cans of energy drink and pi$$ed in the tank, sort of a clear/glow in the dark yellow. i figure this is just what happens to stale petrol??? and is it alright to use in my car if i mix it with fresh 95, understanding that old fuel will be somewhere around the 5octane level

and another note i found the build sheet for this car taped on top of the fuel tank, covered in dust and quite tattered. is this the normal place bmw put the build sheets? i always thought it was underneath the rear seat, not physically under the rear seat on top of the tank.

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they can be anywhere mine was wired underneath the front seat

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one of my e30s has been sitting for atleast 18months and i'm finally getting around to chopping it up, slow process but it's happening now.

i remember it had around 20L of 95octane in it before it got parked up. now upon draining the fuel tank i noticed the colour of the petrol coming out looks like someone has drunk like a hundred cans of energy drink and pi$$ed in the tank, sort of a clear/glow in the dark yellow. i figure this is just what happens to stale petrol??? and is it alright to use in my car if i mix it with fresh 95, understanding that old fuel will be somewhere around the 5octane level

I would not use it in anything mechanical that I owned... would make a good weed killer though

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At work we get around 400-500 litres per day of old gas from cars that have been sitting for a week sometimes even years, we use it in our hoists,company cars, and sometimes I use it my own work car.

We get it filtered but it's still old gas, seems to work fine.

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I would not use it in anything mechanical that I owned... would make a good weed killer though

Haha Glenn! you must have more mechanical sympathy than me, I like to use stale gasoline.

I blend 15% Stale Gas with Waste engine oil and run it in my Pajero Diesel

If any body has any stale gas pm me [ it's better than fresh gas for my use ]

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