fuel going bad!!!

[onyx landscaping/fencing]

Whats the shortest amount of time that you have had fuel go bad? just asking as been logging this morning and the saw just would not run properly. tried everything i could think of filters,plug and so on then thought i would just give some new fuel a go as a last result. Ended up that that was what the problem was bought new fuel mixed it up drained the old out and away the saw went good as new! the old fuel was at max 4-5 weeks old as i only buy enough to last a few weeks at a time (and im a tight ex farmer lol ) never had fuel go bad so quickly before. was bought from a local Tesco that has a large fuel turnover as well

[Dan Earp]

Sounds like you need to switch over to Aspen2t bud as your'll never have that problem.

 

Search for aspen threads as theres plenty information on here about bud

[gensetsteve]

I never use mixed fuel thats over 6 weeks old. I only use shell or bp I use fuel sometimes that could be 2 months old but put the oil in on the day never have problems. Tesco's fuel took out 2 of our saws a few years ago when they had a silicon problem.

[Graham]

I fired up one of my bikes last week. It hadn't been started for three years. A new battery and it fired up and ran smoothly on three year old fuel.