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Nov 12, 2017 | 10:39 AM

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harfooz

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From: Newberry SC

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Originally Posted by btsom

Five year shelf life for oil in the bottle? It is supposed to millions of years old before it is pumped out of the ground, what makes it go stale in the bottle? I have stumbled across a few OLD bottles of oil I couldn't use in engines now because the performance spec requirements had been toughened several times in the mean time. I wouldn't use SD oil in an engine specked for SN oil. It hadn't curdled or anything, didn't smell like old, sour gasoline.

The oil's additive package can get settled down in the bottom of the container. So (assuming the oil otherwise meets the engine's specs) give it a good thorough shake before dumping it in and it'll likely be good to go.

'fooz