shell m shelf life

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Permalink Reply by David Gread on February 5, 2012 at 9:33

Providing you dont mix it with fuel it should last a fair while, I mean it sits on the kart shops shelves for ever !

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Permalink Reply by Adam Willison on February 5, 2012 at 16:21

I've had a 4 litre bottle of Shell M break down, but it had been sitting around un opened for approx 2 years.

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Otter on February 5, 2012 at 18:20

Check the best before date and don't drink it after that( I wonder how long it's been in the ground)

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Permalink Reply by Deric Werth on February 5, 2012 at 18:36

Allan if you buy the 4L bottle and you use it quickly there is no problem. However you you take several months to use it condensation gets in you may develop some issues. If you're in Sydney right now you will know there is a lot of moisture in the air...

The 1L bottles are the safest bet by far. Ask your kart shop if you can have 4 1L bottles for the price of a 4L bottle!

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Permalink Reply by Michael O'Brien on February 5, 2012 at 20:43

As above, once you open it if you use it quickly you're ok. I always buy 4l bottles, at $70 for 4l, or $26 for 1l it's a no brainer.

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Permalink Reply by allan mcness on February 5, 2012 at 21:15

thanks guys

good point deric being only a clubday runner with the odd country meet i think 1ltr bottle the best as 4 ltr will sit to long before all used

esp lately in perth it has been 35 to 40 deg and f!@#$%g humid

 

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Permalink Reply by Terry Sheedy on February 5, 2012 at 21:27

Adam, out of curiosity - did that bottle go through some very cold periods - cold enough for frost?

 

We had crystals appear in shell M 10 years or so back, so I contacted their technical help line. Seems that if the oil gets very cold, the castor oil crystallizes and you cannot get it to re-disolve.

 

The local Shell agent has their depot located in one of the coldest parts of town.

 

Terry Sheedy

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Permalink Reply by Adam Willison on February 5, 2012 at 21:32

Probably not, from memory it spent most of it's life in the garage in suburbian Victoria.

When I poured it there were many purple blobs that had seperated from the rest, if that helps determain what actually happened.

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