I am getting my new toy hauler tomorrow! I don't want to start off with trouble. I am considering adding marine or avgas to the tank. I want to avoid ethanol at all cost. It has caused me many headaches in lawn equipment as well as my Honda E2000i generator.Frankly I don't think additives are the answer for my situation. The gas in the tank could be there for 6+ months and I am not convinced they will keep the fuel stable for that length of time.Thoughts or suggestions?

I don't keep fuel in the tanks for any length of time. After a month or so, I pump it into my Jeep figuring I will want fresh fuel for the small engines anyway.

Good idea. That may be the best solution for the tank. Can you get all the fuel out?Also, what about the fuel that gets stuck in the generator for a long time?

I think I can get 99% of it out. Never have smelled that varnished fuel smell in two years. I installed an electric fuel pump to transfer fuel from the generator tank to the fuel station tank, so emptying it all is pretty easy.I deliberately ordered mine without a generator to avoid the bad fuel problem and it would pretty much only get run for maintenance than actual use.

You need to run the pump for the fuel station once a month or so. If not the gears will dry out then you'll have a problem. I've used stabil for years. Last summer a friend wanted to borrow my portable Honda gen. Started on second pull with gas over a yr old. Never had any issues. When I had a boat, put the stabil in and put it away for the winter. Started right up in summer.

Crazy Cooter wrote:I think I can get 99% of it out. Never have smelled that varnished fuel smell in two years. I installed an electric fuel pump to transfer fuel from the generator tank to the fuel station tank, so emptying it all is pretty easy.I deliberately ordered mine without a generator to avoid the bad fuel problem and it would pretty much only get run for maintenance than actual use.Crazy Cooter, your fuel pump to transfer fuel sounds great, how did you do it and can you provide photos? JH

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mpierce
Explorer
Aug 27, 2013
Crazy Cooter wrote:

I deliberately ordered mine without a generator to avoid the bad fuel problem.

Did you order without a refrigerator also, to avoid any problems with it? LOL
micpib1
Explorer
Aug 27, 2013
Crazy Cooter wrote:
I think I can get 99% of it out. Never have smelled that varnished fuel smell in two years. I installed an electric fuel pump to transfer fuel from the generator tank to the fuel station tank, so emptying it all is pretty easy.

I deliberately ordered mine without a generator to avoid the bad fuel problem and it would pretty much only get run for maintenance than actual use.

Crazy Cooter, your fuel pump to transfer fuel sounds great, how did you do it and can you provide photos? JH
64thunderbolt
Explorer II
Aug 27, 2013
You need to run the pump for the fuel station once a month or so. If not the gears will dry out then you'll have a problem. I've used stabil for years. Last summer a friend wanted to borrow my portable Honda gen. Started on second pull with gas over a yr old. Never had any issues. When I had a boat, put the stabil in and put it away for the winter. Started right up in summer.
Crazy_Cooter
Explorer
Aug 27, 2013
I think I can get 99% of it out. Never have smelled that varnished fuel smell in two years. I installed an electric fuel pump to transfer fuel from the generator tank to the fuel station tank, so emptying it all is pretty easy.

I deliberately ordered mine without a generator to avoid the bad fuel problem and it would pretty much only get run for maintenance than actual use.
dieseldan723
Explorer
Aug 27, 2013
Good idea. That may be the best solution for the tank. Can you get all the fuel out?

Also, what about the fuel that gets stuck in the generator for a long time?
Crazy_Cooter
Explorer
Aug 27, 2013
I don't keep fuel in the tanks for any length of time. After a month or so, I pump it into my Jeep figuring I will want fresh fuel for the small engines anyway.

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