Hi,

I'm not a chemical eng however I think oil's shelf life is measured in half
lives with lots of zeros.  But the saving grace of the process, unlike many
other physic, biological, and chemical, it will not revert back to its
original state of a dinosaur.  Nor is it like a wine, it won't get any
better.

Just don't contaminate it.

Jere
90 GL
88 GL

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]  On Behalf Of
'80 Westy Pokey
Sent:   Thursday, August 02, 2001 12:47 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Does oil go bad?

Wal-Mart has 20w50 on sale and I was going to stock up. Do I have to worry
about shelf life?

Thanks,
Chris Gronski
'80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY
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