Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Being that im too lazy to do a search, figured I would just ask? Which stabilizer do you like best? Im sick and tired of ripping apart the carb next winter, so I figure I will be proactive and add somthing now. Any thoughts?

starwarrior wrote:
It also does not take industry giants (and a semi-clever accountant) very long to figure out that convincing consumers to spend merely 2 additional pennies per gallon of gas (whether practicing due diligence or FUD) also raises their profit margin even more. 

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.

Years ago when was really into atv's and snow mobiles pretty much all that was out is stabil, figured with todays technology one "brand" would stick out. I see Briggs makes several, including a fuel cap with cartridges, amsoil, startron, etc, etc.  Again I assumed one was better then the others.

As far as running them dry vs. additives, its like the whats better ford or chevy? In the past I used both additives and also ran them dry on occasion. And over the years Ive had occasional issues with both ways. But imo its best to use an additive all the time and run them dry. I was never a fan of dropping the bowl as time was always seemed to be an issue.