How fuel stabilizers work...or not

Gdetrailer wrote:


You obviously no nothing about gas OR how gas engines work then.



Pouring anything over 87 in any unmodified lawn mower style air cooled engine is a waste of your money and potentially damaging to it.


As far as the cost of "stabilizers" goes, I don't spend a dime on them, have not had ANY need to waste my money on them by draining the fuel. I don't feel they will really help, from what I have read, most supposedly work by spreading a oily layer overtop of the gas. The idea to to prevent moisture laden air from getting to the fuel. It might help but then again may not.

Many folks go by the marketing hype and Internet stories saying it works for them.. They really do not know if it works or not but because they have "never" had and issue using it, they fully believe it works.

Great snake oil salesmanship.

Yeah, you're right. I've been burning holes in pistons and melting cylinders left and right and thought I'd just mislead everyone so they could feel the same pain of my stupidity.....

I also absolutely understand the energy potential and reasons why different octane fuels work better in different designs. But I also know that while you won't improve power or performance by running higher than required octane (may lose a bit, in the context of this discussion), you also won't notice a minor loss.
And my whole point before you tried to tell me I'm going to melt all my engines was that for a small fee, AV gas in small engines that sit unused, either seasonally or even more sporadically will generally keep one from cleaning out varnished carburetors and will also guarantee fresh fuel when needed.

Great for you, you have time to babysit your small engines, I chose to spend a couple bucks to NOT have to work on them. A concept that many people who do not work 12hours a day, support their kids, do stuff with the family and friends and generally are on the go all day every day from 5am til 10pm would understand.
He!!, there's plenty of folks who can't manage to drain a tank and carb who AREN'T busy...

Thanks for your opinion though, and in theory I agree 100% with you. In reality, though, you just seem bent on proving me wrong without acknowledging the benefits.