Re: Shelf life of gas

[Trish & Ted Davis <volkfolk@erols.com>]

Daniel Giesbrecht wrote:
> 
> Fellow T-3 victims,
> 
>         On the subject of autos-
> My '86 Subaru XT  has had a bad distributor for eight months now, and
> therefore hasn't run.  Today I got bored and tried to fix it.  The timing
> is right but the car now runs awful.  It won't idle, it barely revs over
> 2200rpm, and it smokes like-the-dikens.  What is the shelf life of gas?  Or
> do you have any other suggestions?
> Please forgive my deviation from a type three oriented topic...
> 
> horizontally opposed to both cars,
> Daniel Giesbrecht
> 
> '71 sqrbck auto sunroof
> '86 Subaru XT    4WDturbo

Siphon out the old gas because it has turned to varnish by now. If you 
don't, it can really screw up your fuel system. You might add Dry-Gas 
and a really good fuel system cleaner to your first tank of gas. Good 
luck! -Ted