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aa335
 
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Re: Which fuel stabilizer??
Reply #22 Dec 28, 2010 12:04 pm |
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OK, evidently some of you are offering some quack idelogies on why you should not add a fuel stabilizer and the answer is in the stresst comment / question. Starwarrior I just briefly remember that my father who has a riding lawn mower, a string trimmer, and a snowblower that is at least 10 years old. At the end of the season, he runs the gas out bone dry and stored it it a shed, in both hot and cold climates. That's what the dealer suggested. He did not even fog his engine or put the piston at TDC for storage. Never had starting or running issues. I am not qualified to suggest to anyone whether or not to add fuel preservatives. Not to get anyone wound up for my own amusement or practice FUD, but just offering a data point for quackery. I'm giving this practice a try myself for another data point. What's the risk? I might have to mess with the carb to get it right. Sounds like fairly manageable risk.
This message was modified Dec 28, 2010 by aa335
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borat
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Re: Which fuel stabilizer??
Reply #23 Dec 28, 2010 12:06 pm |
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OK, evidently some of you are offering some quack idelogies on why you should not add a fuel stabilizer and the answer is in the stresst comment / question. Well best of luck to you all and I can't say I didn't warn you. The truth of the matter is that fuel additives were was once a standard component that was automatically added to petrol fuels however it did not take the industry giants very long to figure out that in todays world the fuel does not stay in the ground very long and that they could raise their already enormous profit margin without consequense. Fuel without additives will break down extremely quickly. For starters a chemical breakdown process called phase separation starts within 2 weeks and more importantly E-10 and MTBE fuels have an entire set of unique characteristics that were not prevalent just a couple of years ago. To really answer your question stresst you may want to reference the following URL http://www.fuel-testers.com/is_gas_additive_safe_with_e10_list.html Starwarrior "offering some quack idelogies" And your qualifications to make such a remark are?????? That's sound like a line from a true "snake oil" salesman. "Fuel without additives will break down extremely quickly." I'd like to use stronger terms, but due to forum rules, I'll just say that your above statement is absolute B.S. It's just more "snake oil" fear mongering. Even the link you provided states that shelf life for E10 gasoline is three months. Not that I believe anything in a link that has an agenda to sell fuel testing kits. I've got decades of OPE use, operation and maintenance. As do many other seasoned/experience participant of this forum. From my personal experience and knowledge garnered from others who actually work on equipment, I have to say that your fear of E10 fuel degradation is wildly exaggerated!
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New_Yorker
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Re: Which fuel stabilizer??
Reply #25 Dec 28, 2010 12:37 pm |
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Fuel stabilizers can protect the gasoline for"Up To a Year", I have seen No Suggestion they do not, brand seems immaterial. I choose to use BP-Amoco Premium (white gas) in all my machines, I always add either Stab-IL or Amsoil's stabilizer, which ever I have on hand at the time. I try to use up all the gas for the small engines (leaf blower, snow blower, JD lawn Tractor, Chainsaw, etc.) within 6 moths to be safe. I will often dump it in the car after it reaches 6 months just to be safe, and then refill the cans for the small engines. I also always either drain completely or run out the gas. In machines that are between seasons the gas is drained. Temperature matters, heat speeds up the changes you don't want in the gas, so store it where it stays cold-cool, never in sunlight.
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