Bad fuel disposal

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fluff34567
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Something is clearly wrong as I often leave fuel in my bikes for well over 8 months and they start perfectly first time.
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i recently picked a scooter up from a mates house that hasn`t run since 1986, cleaned the plug and it started after 5/6 kicks.
ive since drained the petrol out and it smells awful .
mixed it with some fresh and used it in the lawn mower. :)
id look elsewhere for your problem.
win or lose have a booze
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To answer the original question-stick it in a container marked "weed killer" and use as such.
That's not going anywhere...
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So I finally got a chance to swap the remaining old fuel for fresh today. Before I did so I tried starting the scoot. Dead as a do do. New fuel and it started second kick and was fine for about 5 minutes standing on its stand.

I have no idea what causes fuel to degrade so quickly now-a-days rather than in days gone by. I can hardly believe it myself its only because Ive experienced the issue before with my GP refusing to start after I rebuilt the engine over 6 months and trying to get it run for about another 4 before I realised the cause that I spotted it so quick

yamlam your experience would have been using old old old petrol which I assume does not have the same issues as modern fuel????

My girlfiends landlady has a petrol fueled lawnmower so I was thinking it could have the fuel but it also wont start and I now wonder if it has the same issue!
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fluff34567 maybe they have not done to swiss fuel what they are doing in the uk?
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It's very obvious when fuel goes off - it doesn't smell like petrol and it has a smell you're keen not to experience for too long.

If it still smells like petrol then it hasn't gone off.
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Good news on the starting.
What did you do with old fuel?
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Just in case you still have it lying around.
Old fuel, when mixed with a fair bit of sugar, will apparently give a twist 'n' go scooter an extra 15mph on the top end. :lol:
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put it tin turkey roasting tray and set fire to it at night and a far away from people, smokes black smoke like a third world tyre burning operation.
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