Does Diesel fuel go bad like Gas over time??

[ccsial]

I don't have a problem with it. I add Power Service at each fill and change the filter annually. I use about a third of what you do. 30 years and no trouble yet.

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( OK, on this topic, I have the opportunity to get a 275 gallon fuel tank for free. Currently I use about 30-35 gallons of diesel (both <font color="red"> truck </font> and tractors) monthly. so, a tank like this will yield anywhere between 7 to 9 months of fuel for me. Is this OK, should I keep fuel around this long?

From what I've read here, seems like OK... Would you do it? Thanks. -art )</font>
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If you go with the tank you can get cheeper fuel delivered however if you get caught running it in your <font color="red"> truck </font> the fines are very steep.

IF you go with 55 gal drums you will have to purchase the more expensive fuel and they will not deliver it to you so you have the added expense of going and getting it yourself.

Does anyone else around you use diesel fuel? If so they could get their fuel from you. That way the fuel would not set around as long and it would keep it fresher.

 

[Eric_Phillips]

About the alcohol. As stated earlier there are different alcohols. Methanol has one carbon, ethanol 2 carbons and propanol has three carbons. Propanol is used a lot as a lubricant. To try this take a rubber hose you are trying to get over a fitting. Put some propanol, versus methanol, on it and see how much easier it is to slide on. I couldn't tell you how much porpanol will decrease the lubricity of the diesel but it is much better than methanol.

Eric