Assuming that for convenience, or cost savings, I decide to buy my favorite oil by the case (to be used ONLY in my bike).... Do I need to be concerned with shelf life, if they stay unopened are they good from one season to the next?

thanks, rich

 

It will last for many seasons

 

Ditto, unless they come out with the latest, greatest, engine saving, performance enhancing, cheaper???????????? Naw price is only going up.

 

What's the shelf life of engine oil?


Technically, engine oils have shelf lives of four to five years. However, as years pass, unused engine oils can become obsolete and fail to meet the technical requirements of current engines. In recent years, engine oil specifications have changed every 12 to 24 months. An oil that is a number of years old is simply not formulated to meet the requirements set for newer engines.
If you discover unopened containers of engine oils that are more than three years old, read the labels to make sure they meet the latest industry standards. If they meet the current standards, you should take the extra precaution of obtaining oil analysis before using them. An oil analysis check for key properties will ensure that the oils meet the original manufacturing specs. If the oils do not meet the original manufacturing specs, they should be discarded. That means taking plastic jugs to your local recycling center for disposal. If you have unused drums, contact your oil distributor for disposal.

Source: http://www.rotella.com/qa/answerresult.php?rowid=48

 

If you ride it enough, you'll be changing the oil enough that it won't be an issue!

Mac

 

I'd have to say a few billion years unless its synthetic then it would be longer

 

Okay, It sounded kinda like a dumb question, but it does have the born-on date on the bottles so I had to ask...

thanks, rich

 

Actually a good question and 1 more critical than one would expect.
Which is a durn good thing to know... for sure.

 

So do Twinkies

 

Yeah, but twinkies along with cockroaches will be the only things left after Nuclear armageddon!

Cheers!
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