winter storage and gas gauge

[Riley P]

my thinking was since we have plastic tanks ( way less temp sweating than steel ) and gas cap that stays sealed under a few lbs of pressure or vac which stops a lot of air exchange in tank that we probably could rethink what we all use to do with older cars. I also have serviced a lot of equipment that suffered from degraded fuel over 6 mths of storage with the newer blended fuels that a fill of mostly fresh fuel in the spring looks good to me. Having said that my car runs ok on 6 mth old fuel but I use Shell premium with no Ethanol so your results may vary

I also fill er up with Shell or Esso in the Fall. Basically anything without ethanol and do use Stabil. I love the idea of having a full tank when firing up the car and getting out in the Spring (car is stored out of town), but I also really like the idea of waking the car up and filling in with a full tank of fresh stuff as soon as it's out to kick off the new season...... Two very good thoughts on how to do things.
I think my preference of having a full tank just comes from hating having an empty fuel tank and not wanting to drain it and judge if I have enough fuel to make it out of town and back. Also, as the fuel pumps in fuel injected cars are cooled by the gas in the tank, I never run the car under 1/3 of a tank anyway...... The debate continues!