stabil

jerseyjim wrote:
During winter (when I'm not snowbirding,) I fill up my 75 gallon gas tank and dump an entire bottle of Sta-bil in it.

Unless that is one of their "king sized" bottles, it may not be enough.

I think their recommended dose comes out to 30 ounces for 75 gallons.

jerseyjim wrote:
During winter (when I'm not snowbirding,) I fill up my 75 gallon gas tank and dump an entire bottle of Sta-bil in it. Then I run both the engine and generator for maybe 10 minits to make sure the Sta-bil is "in the system".

During this (storage) time I go to the motorhome every two weeks and start it up (the generator also) and let them run for 1/2 hour or so.

Keeps the batteries charged, etc., etc....y'never know when you might need it.

What I do...FWIW.

X2. Exactly what I do. WFM.

During winter (when I'm not snowbirding,) I fill up my 75 gallon gas tank and dump an entire bottle of Sta-bil in it. Then I run both the engine and generator for maybe 10 minits to make sure the Sta-bil is "in the system".

During this (storage) time I go to the motorhome every two weeks and start it up (the generator also) and let them run for 1/2 hour or so.

Keeps the batteries charged, etc., etc....y'never know when you might need it.

What I do...FWIW.

SidecarFlip wrote:
Tried one bottle and it did nothing that I could discern for my small engines (except cost a lot).

No surprise there.
Fuel stabilizers are not SUPPOSED to do anything "discernable".
What did you expect ??

The local TSC was pushing some stuff in a blue tinted bottle..'Startron' I think it was called. Tried one bottle and it did nothing that I could discern for my small engines (except cost a lot).

I still use good old Marvel Mystery Oil, but not in an engine. I use it in my in-liner oilers on my air tools. Smells nice too.

C20 wrote:
Use sea foam. It will last much longer than stabil.

Really ??
I'd like to see a reference for that claim.

mowermech wrote:

SidecarFlip wrote:
Now if we didn't have corn alcohol in gasoline there would be no problems....

Actually, the "rotten" gasoline was a problem long before "gasohol".

But...but....but....he can't be wrong. He heard it on the Internet.
:R

I have been using "PRI " in everything an doing good. A friend who works for a marina told me about it as they tried different additives and kept having corrosion problems in marine motors, until they started using it.I have found it on the internet, and it doesn't take much per gallon.

C20 wrote:
Use sea foam. It will last much longer than stabil. Also as others have said use gas with no ethonal in it. It will last longer to begin with. But eventually all gas will go bad if it sits for years.

Not sure about that. Sea Foam is good for removing carbon deposits in combustion chambers and intake valves in GDI engines. Not sure about fuel stabilization however.

I'll stick with Marine (blue) Stabil. I've had excellent results with it.

Use sea foam. It will last much longer than stabil. Also as others have said use gas with no ethonal in it. It will last longer to begin with. But eventually all gas will go bad if it sits for years.