As a slight digression, I’ve been helping two friends with very different vehicles breath life back into their engines after standing for some time. Yamaha motorbike and Standard big 9. Both visits started with ‘how old is the petrol?’ Both answers - fresh from the can, how old is the stuff in the can, couple of months at the most…

Both systems drained and filled with pump fresh fuel from my can (lawnmower e5 super from local texaco garage) less than 1 month old

Both started and ran pretty well straight away.

Got me thinking about fuel stabilisers, does anyone have any experience of them? Or are they just another version of snake oil.


2012 Plus 4 in Sport Green. Much comfier than the Plus 8!