Sta-bil effects on POV

DirtySteve · 02-16-2012, 04:33 PM

I'd never run my vehicle with fuel treated with Sta-Bil unless it was a dire emergency, but after the fact, would a "Gumout" type product help, or would the fuel injection system be beyond help?

RetVet · 02-16-2012, 04:37 PM

I use Sea Foam in my scooters (though I have read mixed reviews as to it being good or bad for fuel injected systems depending on who you talk to). IMO I would skip using any fuel treated with a stabilizer in my vehicles unless I really needed to.

Any "questionable" gas I run in my lawn mower or weed eater.

baboon · 02-16-2012, 04:51 PM

Buddy of mine out in the country puts it in his mule that stays out side in the weather.

DirtySteve · 02-16-2012, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RetVet

I use Sea Foam in my scooters (though I have read mixed reviews as to it being good or bad for fuel injected systems depending on who you talk to). IMO I would skip using any fuel treated with a stabilizer in my vehicles unless I really needed to.

Any "questionable" gas I run in my lawn mower or weed eater.

Figured as much, just figured I'd ask, thanks!

DirtySteve · 02-16-2012, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baboon

Buddy of mine out in the country puts it in his mule that stays out side in the weather.

Thanks!

gunkgy · 02-17-2012, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DirtySteve

I'd never run my vehicle with fuel treated with Sta-Bil unless it was a dire emergency, but after the fact, would a "Gumout" type product help, or would the fuel injection system be beyond help?

Why ?

What reason, I thought that was what it was for.

Pogo · 02-17-2012, 06:48 PM

The boat dealer where I had my motor worked on told me that Sea Foam was a good thing to put in the gas if it hadn't been run for a while.

Czubek · 02-17-2012, 07:45 PM

I've never had a problem with StaBil. Sea Foam is a good product.

Brian

dinkydow · 02-19-2012, 10:32 AM

One of my friends uses SeaFoam in all his $$$$ military vehicles. Several tanks and his Armored Personnel carriers Jeeps, Halftracks....etc. He swears by it. I have been using Stable for one year now... My armor collector friend had so many problems with the carbs on his Stewart tank that he found a guy who can make solid brass, Carb float valves, for them, instead of using the Viton (polymer) tipped units found in all the carb overhaul kits these days. The high levels of corn squeezins and SHIT the refiners are now using fuck up carbs, fuel pumps and lines and fuel tanks on antique stuff. I think it is fucking up new cars to but it is being kept secret.

On the collector vehicle sites this topic is HUGE. Everyone is having problems with the fuel additives dropping out of solution in the fuel tanks of stored (for the winter) vehicles...

Carb and pump rebuilds have been a yearly party for a lot of us.... I am going to start draining the fuel out of the carb bowls by draining the tanks and idling them till they quit...if the Stable does not help... On my farm tractors I have used Stable. The MV on "ready standby" has Stable in the tank.

I hate this fucking corn fuel...

Czubek · 02-19-2012, 12:11 PM

The farm tractors here, benefit from a dose of Marval Mystery Oil in the gas tank.

Brian

Pogo · 02-20-2012, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dinkydow

I am going to start draining the fuel out of the carb bowls by draining the tanks and idling them till they quit.

That's what I do to my generator after using it or testing it. If the electricity goes off in the middle of a snow storm I don't want to have to be taking the carburetor apart and cleaning it.

Hunter07 · 02-21-2012, 07:53 PM

Keep in mind that Sta-Bil is only good for about 6 months.

I added some to the gas tank on my bike last fall and rode it about 40 miles before I put it in the shed. I then rode it again on Dec. 26th and have fired it up a couple times since then (to get the oil back up in the motor).

I've had no issues using Sta-Bil.

If you're gonna store gas longer than 6 months, I'd recommend draining it and putting it in something like your car just before the 6 months is up, then add new gas & Sta-Bil to whatever it was that you had it in (boat, motorcycle, generator, etc.........).

Rick in NY · 02-22-2012, 01:09 PM

Hee-hee, I'm lucky. (for once)

Gas station about 15 minutes away from home sells zero-ethanol fuel for boats. Or so their sign says. They don't even blink when I show up with a few gas cans in the truck, fill my truck and the cans and drive home. Cost is about the same as regular with liquor added.

02-16-2012, 04:33 PM	#1
DirtySteve Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,798	Sta-bil effects on POV I'd never run my vehicle with fuel treated with Sta-Bil unless it was a dire emergency, but after the fact, would a "Gumout" type product help, or would the fuel injection system be beyond help?

02-16-2012, 04:37 PM	#2
RetVet Statistical Error Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Homeless Posts: 43,649	I use Sea Foam in my scooters (though I have read mixed reviews as to it being good or bad for fuel injected systems depending on who you talk to). IMO I would skip using any fuel treated with a stabilizer in my vehicles unless I really needed to. Any "questionable" gas I run in my lawn mower or weed eater. __________________ ^^^ For entertainment purposes. Use only as directed. ^^^ III

02-17-2012, 06:48 PM	#7
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 81,967	The boat dealer where I had my motor worked on told me that Sea Foam was a good thing to put in the gas if it hadn't been run for a while. __________________ .................................................. ....................................… *We have met the enemy, and he is us!*

02-17-2012, 07:45 PM	#8
Czubek slug Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stover, Missouri Posts: 33,622	I've never had a problem with StaBil. Sea Foam is a good product. Brian __________________ 3 Here at the Dirty Dozen's Bunker, we have no problems, only solutions.

02-19-2012, 10:32 AM	#9
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,463	One of my friends uses SeaFoam in all his $$$$ military vehicles. Several tanks and his Armored Personnel carriers Jeeps, Halftracks....etc. He swears by it. I have been using Stable for one year now... My armor collector friend had so many problems with the carbs on his Stewart tank that he found a guy who can make solid brass, Carb float valves, for them, instead of using the Viton (polymer) tipped units found in all the carb overhaul kits these days. The high levels of corn squeezins and SHIT the refiners are now using fuck up carbs, fuel pumps and lines and fuel tanks on antique stuff. I think it is fucking up new cars to but it is being kept secret. On the collector vehicle sites this topic is HUGE. Everyone is having problems with the fuel additives dropping out of solution in the fuel tanks of stored (for the winter) vehicles... Carb and pump rebuilds have been a yearly party for a lot of us.... I am going to start draining the fuel out of the carb bowls by draining the tanks and idling them till they quit...if the Stable does not help... On my farm tractors I have used Stable. The MV on "ready standby" has Stable in the tank. I hate this fucking corn fuel... __________________ Our forefathers would have already been shooting...by now. "Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." "Violence of action means the unrestricted use of speed,strength, surprise and aggression to achieve total dominance against your enemy...any fighting technique is useless unless you totally commit to violence of action." Burning huts in commy vills worldwide since 1968

02-16-2012, 04:51 PM	#3
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,306	Buddy of mine out in the country puts it in his mule that stays out side in the weather.

02-19-2012, 12:11 PM	#10
Czubek slug Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stover, Missouri Posts: 33,622	The farm tractors here, benefit from a dose of Marval Mystery Oil in the gas tank. Brian

02-21-2012, 07:53 PM	#12
Hunter07 I'm a grumpy SOB Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Frostbite Falls, MN Posts: 10,520	Keep in mind that Sta-Bil is only good for about 6 months. I added some to the gas tank on my bike last fall and rode it about 40 miles before I put it in the shed. I then rode it again on Dec. 26th and have fired it up a couple times since then (to get the oil back up in the motor). I've had no issues using Sta-Bil. If you're gonna store gas longer than 6 months, I'd recommend draining it and putting it in something like your car just before the 6 months is up, then add new gas & Sta-Bil to whatever it was that you had it in (boat, motorcycle, generator, etc.........).

02-22-2012, 01:09 PM	#13
Rick in NY Resident Nuisance Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NY Finger Lakes Posts: 718	Hee-hee, I'm lucky. (for once) Gas station about 15 minutes away from home sells zero-ethanol fuel for boats. Or so their sign says. They don't even blink when I show up with a few gas cans in the truck, fill my truck and the cans and drive home. Cost is about the same as regular with liquor added. __________________ Great minds think alike, but so do equally disturbed ones...

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