Paraffin

[Achilles]

Can anyone tell me if paraffin has a shelf life? I've got about a gallon of the stuff that's around 4 years old and I want to use it in a Coleman pressure lamp, but don't want to risk gumming anything up.

Thanks

 

[VicS]

Fllter it and it should be fine but then you wouldn't fill a prssure lantern without filtering the paraffin anyway.

 

[nigelmercier]

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don't want to risk gumming anything up...

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Then use it to light bonfires. All petroleum based fuels will change their composition over time.

 

[geoffatstanpit]

I've got a can of "Esso Blue" from the 60s - it's lost its colour but it still works fine in my Primus stove. ? I wonder if red diesel loses its colour in decades? Might be worth stashing some away for some "happy motoring".

 

[nedmin]

Does anyone know the shelf life of diesel? Ive got chance of some at 58p a litre. I,m sick and tired of being ripped off by politicians and could store enough for a couple of years.On reading "Startron" info. they say if diesel is treated with their product it will store for up to 2yrs. Has anyone done it?

 

[Stemar]

IFAIK the advertisers of Startron are correct.

Diesel treated with their product will last 4 years if stored properly (airtight, opaque containers).

AFAIK so will untreated diesel.