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It's been about three-and-a-half weeks now since I filled up a couple 5-gallon containers in anticipation of power outages during a winter storm. Since I'm a dumb dumb, I did not add stabilizer at the time, but I do have some Seafoam stabilizer on hand.

I understand fuel degrades over time and running degraded fuel can damage engine parts. Should I pour the fuel into my vehicle or will that gum up my car's engine? Is it still worth adding stabilizer today so that I can continue to store it in my garage for a rainy day? The only other responsible alternative I can think of is taking it to a hazardous disposal site in my county. It's octane rating 87, I believe it also has ethanol, in case that makes any difference.

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[โ€“] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have a car that's been sitting in my driveway for a year now and it's really fun when i start to think about stuff like this

[โ€“] Sickos@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Same; I have a busted diesel I need to fix.

Apparently some fucking squirrel or something chewed through the harness holding my O2 sensor on the engine or whatever, so the O2 sensor doesn't work, so i couldn't pass an inspection and then I just haven't had the fucking money to follow through with trying to get it inspected in my new county (which doesn't require emissions inspections) or anything, knowing the entire time that my car just gets more and more fucked the longer it sits there