Fuel stabilizer?

[Traxion]

Looking for recommendations fuel stabilizer. I’ve used Stabil with mixed results at best. Never used Sea Foam. I am religious about keeping good fuel in things and yet my buddies who do nothing seem to have better luck than me!

 

[D-Racer]

Looking for recommendations fuel stabilizer. I’ve used Stabil with mixed results at best. Never used Sea Foam. I am religious about keeping good fuel in things and yet my buddies who do nothing seem to have better luck than me!

Sea Foam is my go to.

 

[Smuscha]

my 2 cents on it and I’m sure many will disagree. Do nothing, unless it’s a smaller 49cc 2 stroke then maybe a little sea foam. All the mowers, tillers, chain saws and weed eaters that were brought in for services or wouldn’t run everyone would say they treated with stabil previous fall. In the fall I put the mowers away with whatever gas is in them and have never had to do anything in the spring. Ice augers are the same. If I do add anything which is rare it’s sea foam. Project farm had a good video about them couple months ago on YouTube. IMO stabil is garbage.

 

[riverview]

just buy non ethonal gas

 

[wslayer]

You tube vid on it, Stabil was #1 of about 10 different

 

[lunkerslayer]

just buy non ethonal gas

Yep this all i have ever did and i got equipment that's 20 to.40 plus years old, just throw some fresh gas in them the next season. When i used my jiffy ice auger i bought the full synthetic 2 stroke oil that had fuel stabilizer in it already. Most everything 2 stroke i own uses the same mixed non ethanol and have never had an issue. Believe it or not i run 50:1 in every 2 stroke engine i own, i good full synthetic 2 stroke oil and non ethanol

 

[Fester]

Please watch this...

 

[johnr]

91 octane nonethanol is all you need

 

[luvcatchingbass]

Please watch this...

I've had my better luck on small engines and antique tractor storage with premium non-ethanol and Sea Foam or that Star Tron. I think after my Star Tron test the small engines are getting that. A couple guys I know really swore by the Star Tron over Sea Foam so I tried it, it at least never hurt anything. The biggest key is non- ethanol I believe, VP Fuels also makes an Octane Booster that I will use from time to time.

 

[shorthairsrus]

With the boat -- i always use no ethanol --- but always use a stabilizer of some sort. Stabil works, each outdoor brand has some type of stabilizer.

I am not the guy that fills the boat to the brim in the fall, it is generally at 3/4 and i fill it to 100% in the spring to freshin the fuel. It goes in unheated storage now beg of nov and out by april 15. IMO Their is no warm humid air to condensate. La Nina will get shocks when you walk through the tundra snow. The batteries are all pulled and in a heated garage; charge em once or twice. Electronics are pulled. .

 

[Traxion]

just buy non ethonal gas

I do but don’t think it’s the cure all. Maybe I’ve gotten bad stuff but have still had sour gas with premium non ethanol.

 

[NDSportsman]

Seafoam for me

 

[Slappy]

Run exclusively 91 ethanol-free in everything other than the pickup. Only additive used regularly is yamalube ring free in the boat because the manual suggests it. Every motor gets fresh gas with stabil run through it before putting away for season. No tanks are left dry.

Only issue I've had was with a Toro snowblower. The manual recommended running it out of gas for storage, and I'm certain that being dry is what gummed it up.

 

[lunkerslayer]

Run exclusively 91 ethanol-free in everything other than the pickup. Only additive used regularly is yamalube ring free in the boat because the manual suggests it. Every motor gets fresh gas with stabil run through it before putting away for season. No tanks are left dry.

Only issue I've had was with a Toro snowblower. The manual recommended running it out of gas for storage, and I'm certain that being dry is what gummed it up.

Same i never run my equipment dry, i own equipment that i can tune myself so if something needs a carb tune i do it myself. Thats because the equipment i own is old but still functional and dependable because its built with simple engineering. My only fear is not being able to find original oem parts when that day comes when something wears out.

 

[Zogman]

Only issue I've had was with a Toro snowblower. The manual recommended running it out of gas for storage, and I'm certain that being dry is what gummed it up.

Only as a last resort have I read a manual. Sorry just me. Growing up in the sixties not many manuals then.

My only fear is not being able to find original oem parts when that day comes when something wears out.

I have a friend who is the same way. So he has an inventory of the most common things that go wrong.