<div dir="auto">Gasoline usually has a shelf life of about 90 days before all of the lightest bits evaporate. After seven years, I expect you're halfway back to crude oil. If you want to clean with gas, get fresh gas. If you are putting it in your tank, get fresh gas.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">tl;dr old gas is a gooey mess.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 15, 2020, 13:25 Sujit Roy <<a href="mailto:triumphstag@gmail.com">triumphstag@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"> I soaked a clutch slave cylinder , along with the seals, in a bath of 7 year old gas <div> for 24 hours. On removal, the cylinder seems to be coated with some sticky residue on it.</div><div><br></div><div>I normally soak stuff in gas to remove grime and stuff but usuall remove rubber. </div><div><br></div><div>Is this expected for 7 year old or more gas? is it happening because of the rubber int he gas?</div><div><br></div><div> Is this stuff causing problems to my tank and fuel lines?</div><div><br></div><div>Sujit</div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Sujit Roy<br>Cupertino, California</div><div><br><a href="https://triumphstagblog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://triumphstagblog.wordpress.com/</a><br><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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