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Just to add a couple of relevant updates on diesel fuel maintenance & treatment as relating to how long you can store diesel fuel. In reading another current thread on "Tank Blanketing" @Zed254 provided a link to "Practical Sailor" with a link to this article: Diesel Fuel System Maintenance...

I 100% agree with Ray70 regarding the gum/varnish factor. Seems much worse than the pre-biodiesel days. Here is a short article on fuel storage that may help understand the timeline for diesel and how to extend it. Edit: Here is an informative article on handling water in fuel. To emulsify...

If you want to preserve today's diesel which has a % of Biodiesel in it you have to treat it with a Biocide to kill the critters that can form over time. Here in Oregon, due to our high humidity rainy/foggy winters the tank vent air infiltration/breathing due to thermal expansion/contraction of...