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Groceries will expire one day. There are strict regulations here as far as specifying the best-before date (MHD) is concerned. Once the best-before date has been reached, food should not further be used. It is no different with motor oil. Even a lubricant can only be kept for a limited time. But anyone who carries a small reserve of motor oil in their car can rest easy. Then in sealed containers the lubricant holds between 3 and 5 years.
This shows whether engine oil is still usable!
Once the container with engine oil is opened, the engine oil should be in a period of six months be used up. You can tell whether the opened engine oil is still usable by the color. When fresh, the lubricant is yellow to light brown in color and quite clear. Due to improper storage or leaving the oil residue standing around for too long, water can mix with the engine oil. The color of the oil then becomes cloudy and becomes milky. Over time, parts of the attached additives release. These settle out in the form of flakes or the consistency becomes gel-like. It also indicates that the shelf life of the oil has been exceeded cloudy veil in the oil there. By standing open, the lubricant usually loses some of its strength Effectiveness a. From further use should therefore be avoided. To prevent engine oil from losing its durability due to external influences, the lubricant should be stored at a constant temperature. One is ideal as a storage location clean and dry Environment from 5 to 30 °C. Direct storage on the ground should also be avoided.
Shelf life benchmark – the date of manufacture
If you are looking for an expiration date on the various containers when buying motor oil - i.e. a best-before date like food - look for it vergeblich in most cases. Reason is that the manufacturers no expiration date must specify for engine oil. A corresponding specification does not exist. However, a is always noted on the containers manufacturing date. This note consists of two digits, the year of manufacture and the month of manufacture.
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