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hey guys i have been away in thailand for the last 6-7 weeks and have not started my car since about 8 weeks (rb25det with microtech and stock turbo. the fuel has been in the car for about a month or 2 before i went away as car is unreg and i only just start her and let it idle for a while until i can get her all sorted for the road. it runs rich so it normaly has that strong fuel smell however today when i started it it didnt have that strong fuel smell instead it smelt a little sweeter if you know what i mean. it also seemed to warm up a hell of alot quicker than i can remember. i maybe just being paronoid but could this be stale fuel.

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my 86 skyline frequently sits around for months at a time without any fuel problems, knock never increases at all even after sitting for 3 months. but then again your tank was made by holden....:nyaanyaa:

haha exactly my point

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Same story here. Had a tankful of E10 100 in my S14 when I pulled it off the road 12+ months ago. Drained it all out to replace it with e85 and ran it in my daily with no trouble.

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Years ago I bought an early Mini, it had been sitting in a driveway for 16 years. We started it on the fuel in the tank to get it onto the trailer (after spraying WD40 down the plug holes).

Then again, My mate wrote off his R1 due to stale optimax. Three months off the road it bogged down as he took off out of the mechanics driveway. He gave it some more gas and the bike highsided him. He 100% blames the fuel.

Like has been said, if the fuel system is sealed there should be no issue, but how do you really know how sealed your tank is?

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Years ago I bought an early Mini, it had been sitting in a driveway for 16 years. We started it on the fuel in the tank to get it onto the trailer (after spraying WD40 down the plug holes).

Then again, My mate wrote off his R1 due to stale optimax. Three months off the road it bogged down as he took off out of the mechanics driveway. He gave it some more gas and the bike highsided him. He 100% blames the fuel.

Like has been said, if the fuel system is sealed there should be no issue, but how do you really know how sealed your tank is?

Take your fuel cap off, if it goes PSSSH it should be sealed. No psssh you've probably got an unsealed tank.

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