when to get rid of it?
 

How long is fuel good for after it is opened? I used some that was 6 years old and it runs fine!(amazing) I know gas gets stale after 30 days but how long is nitro fuel good for?

when to get rid of it?
 

till the engine will not run.

Water
 

OK water is the chief enemy of your fuels ability to function in your engine. The alcohol in our fuel is
hygroscopic or something like that and I probably even misspelled it but all that means is the tendency for the alcohol to suck water vapor right out of the air. Everytime the fuel can is opened a new load of air (with its water vapor) is allowed in. So in reality the life span is of your fuel can is not predicated so much on age but in the number of can openings along with the relative humidity of the air at the time of those openings.

I have also used some very aged fuel with good success as well as seen some fuel only months old become useless. So what Terrellflyer said is really good advice just "use it till it won,t run". When you got some like that don,t dump it this is great for cleaning engines and soaking frozen engines in. Another good use for that fuel is in a separate bottle for the times your nose takes a header in the dirt its great hosing off the engine and grime away from the venturi.

John :)

when to get rid of it?
 

Or at least, use it until you see a noticable difference in engine performance. If I notice my engines are no longer running up to snuff, and I suspect it's the fuel, I may keep the fuel aroung for burning in some old two strokes that are in planes that don't require top performance.

Once it gets really bad, I give it to my wife to use as perfume and/or air freshener (I can't get enough of that smell!). :D

when to get rid of it?
 

minnflyer,if I were a betting man,I would put my money on your wife does not read your posts. ;)