How fuel stabilizers work...or not

AJR wrote:
Hum.. Before ethanol gas. Tools would start on the first pull. Even if left for years un used. I do not know what else to say other than buy ethanol free gas if you want it to start next spring. That includes MH generators. I read Heet may help with water in the gas.

:R

Oh, your real funny, not.

You DO realize the MAIN ingredient in "Heet" IS METHANOL????

Don't believe me?

Read it for yourself, it is in the mandatory MSDS sheets..

HERE

And I quote from page 5..

"SECTION XII
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Ingredients/Identity Information
Ingredient # 02
Ingredient Name
PROPRIETARY ADDITIVE
CAS Number 1002
Proprietary YES
Percent 1
OSHA PEL NR
A
CGIH TLV NR
Ingredient # 1
Ingredient Name METHANOL
CAS Number 67561
Proprietary NO
Percent 99
OSHA PEL 200 PPM
ACGIH TLV 200 PPM"

Yep, you read it correctly, a bottle of "HEET" or any other fuel line "antifreeze" is nothing more than 99% METHANOL (alcohol)!!!!

You ARE making this supposed bad thing even worse.

With already 10% Ethanol already in your gas, there is zero reason to add more..

Believe it or not, STIR the fuel and the excess water will recombine with the Ethanol that is present and it WILL burn away in your engine with zero problems.