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Old 06-10-2006, 12:49 AM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
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Default Gasoline Mixture for Weed Whip


A. Pismo Clam wrote:
Does anyone know the shelf life for the oil/gasoline mixture?

I made a little more than I needed this morning and don't want to
dispose of it now.

Will it keep until March?

Many thanks!

Alan


I always have 2 full 2 gal. cans of the mix. Now near end of summer,
I've added Stabil (sic) to it and am not running lawn mower dry. Did it
last year and mower runs fine. Never had problem with gas/oil over
winter. Oxidation is main problem with stability and full sealed cans
should last for years. Stability would be much less in a partially
filled, plastic container such as the tank of a string trimmer. Also
just bought snow thrower. Literature says to either run dry at end of
season or add stabilizer. Already do that for gas in generator. I've
started to put dates on when cans were filled and will cycle out any
more than 2 years old.
Frank