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Originally Posted by mole2
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Originally Posted by jonathan180iq
These have been popping up all over the place. I had a guy at Wal-Mart swear up and down that this additives were necessary for proper running of my new chainsaw...
Uh, I've never had a problem before. Why start paying for stuff now.
I don't think there is any question that I'm one of the people that prefer straight gasoline to e10/ethanol blends. But I really don't see the point in using these "ethanol stabilizers. If you don't run an engine for so long that you need these types of things, then you aren't using it the vehicle/device/equipment enough. (granted, not using a mower in the winter is a little different.)
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I guess you've never had to store your equipment for an extended period of time such as winter. Do you buy your fuel and store some as in a 5 gallon can that takes you a month or more to use? I stabilize all my fuel except for my everyday car. I would fill my boat up at the end of the season (so no condensation forms) and stabilize it. I don't need 85 gallons of phase separated fuel. I add stabil every time I fill my bike up. You never know what may happen that you can't ride for an extended period of time. In reference to my boat, I had one year where I hurt my back and couldn't take the pain of the deck movement. That fuel went from September of 2005 to April of 2007 since the boat wasn't used and it was just fine. Stabil cleans so it will keep the jets clean and prevent gum buildup in the float chamber. It will keep fuel injectors clean. I don't leave home without it. :biggrin:
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Well, like I said, a lawnmower is different but I don't have any boats and I use my car of my bike often enough year-round that I have never had to bother with Sta-bil or anything like that. Even in my lawnmowers, I prep them for winter with an oil change a gas fill-up and a good bath. Even then, they don't sit THAT long, since I'll use them to mulch leaves or whatever in the downtime.
That being said, is an ethanol specific Sta-bil even necessary since just about 100% of the gas that everyone has been using for the last 10 years or so is an ethanol blend and regular sta-bil seem to be working well for everyone?