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pbanders · 01-22-2009, 10:32 AM

I had my 914's motor rebuilt, and then for a number of reasons, I essentially stopped driving it for about a year while it sat in my garage. I started it about 2 times during this period, and it sat for nearly 6 months before recently. Note this includes an AZ summer with typical garage temps of over 120 deg. F. It had about 1/2 tank of Shell premium in it, with whatever crap they ladle into here in AZ in the summer.

I decided to get it going again, get the registration up to date, etc. I charged the battery and primed the fuel pump (key on/of about 10x). It started immediately, ran perfectly. The gas in it was close to 1.5 years old. Didn't miss, smell weird, etc. Took it and smogged it, passed first try. I've been driving it regularly since then, and fueled it once so far, no problems to note at all.

IMO, maybe the problems with fuel aging are a bit overstated.

01-22-2009, 10:32 AM	#6
pbanders Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Phoenix Posts: 178	I had my 914's motor rebuilt, and then for a number of reasons, I essentially stopped driving it for about a year while it sat in my garage. I started it about 2 times during this period, and it sat for nearly 6 months before recently. Note this includes an AZ summer with typical garage temps of over 120 deg. F. It had about 1/2 tank of Shell premium in it, with whatever crap they ladle into here in AZ in the summer. I decided to get it going again, get the registration up to date, etc. I charged the battery and primed the fuel pump (key on/of about 10x). It started immediately, ran perfectly. The gas in it was close to 1.5 years old. Didn't miss, smell weird, etc. Took it and smogged it, passed first try. I've been driving it regularly since then, and fueled it once so far, no problems to note at all. IMO, maybe the problems with fuel aging are a bit overstated. __________________ Paul B. Anders / Phoenix, AZ 1970 Porsche 914 / 2003 Porsche Boxster / 2009 Honda Fit Sport Auto Last edited by pbanders; 01-22-2009 at 10:36 AM.