Originally Posted by Smokescreen
Originally Posted by PimTac
I would either drive that truck more or sell it.
This....but for reasons other than the oil. Is it insured and registered each year? Is it taking up storage space. Are you keeping it for sentimental reasons?
At 600 miles in 4 years (~150 miles/year) you might want to perform a cost analysis to evaluate its need and why you even have it. You can readily rent a truck for the times you apparently use a truck.
...and yeah that gas is beyond stale and varnishing/clogging up your fuel system. Must run like p00 whenever you start it.
It's a box truck that comes in very handy for taking spring yard cleanup trimmings and brush from a couple of properties I have to the dump. Much better than any pickup. Don't need to insure and register it, I just slap my dealer tag on it to drive. At 15 years old it's not really depreciating in value so no need to sell, although I should this year. Went through the mechanicals with new plugs, coils, filters, fluids, brake pads and rotors, suspension bits, battery, etc. which I know ages a little even when not driven. I start it and move it around the storage lot every few months. Fuel injected engines don't have the same problems with old gas that carbureted ones do. Started it yesterday to move it to another spot to replace a brake hose. With the new plugs and coils installed a few years ago, that V10 idles as smooth as a Rolls Royce. I've had a car that drove fine with over 8 year old gas in the tank. It's just an urban myth that modern gas goes bad in less than a year. Maybe on older carbureted cars which have air vents so the fuel oxidizes, but not with modern sealed fuel systems.
Originally Posted by PimTac
I would either drive that truck more or sell it.
This....but for reasons other than the oil. Is it insured and registered each year? Is it taking up storage space. Are you keeping it for sentimental reasons?
At 600 miles in 4 years (~150 miles/year) you might want to perform a cost analysis to evaluate its need and why you even have it. You can readily rent a truck for the times you apparently use a truck.
...and yeah that gas is beyond stale and varnishing/clogging up your fuel system. Must run like p00 whenever you start it.
It's a box truck that comes in very handy for taking spring yard cleanup trimmings and brush from a couple of properties I have to the dump. Much better than any pickup. Don't need to insure and register it, I just slap my dealer tag on it to drive. At 15 years old it's not really depreciating in value so no need to sell, although I should this year. Went through the mechanicals with new plugs, coils, filters, fluids, brake pads and rotors, suspension bits, battery, etc. which I know ages a little even when not driven. I start it and move it around the storage lot every few months. Fuel injected engines don't have the same problems with old gas that carbureted ones do. Started it yesterday to move it to another spot to replace a brake hose. With the new plugs and coils installed a few years ago, that V10 idles as smooth as a Rolls Royce. I've had a car that drove fine with over 8 year old gas in the tank. It's just an urban myth that modern gas goes bad in less than a year. Maybe on older carbureted cars which have air vents so the fuel oxidizes, but not with modern sealed fuel systems.
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