Gasoline Storage

[Ian]

Sta-Bil is made for gasahol blends now, maybe it's better now but we've all sworn off of it here. Whatever you use, mix some in a jar and observe the sediment for a few months before putting it in your engines.

 

[Bret4207]

For kicks get a couple of canning jar, pint size will do. Use you regular gas and oil mix and put some in there, cap it and leave it for a month or 3. Try other mixes too if it appeals to you. See if anything happens. It won't always, but sometimes you'll see the mix separate into layers. Or you'll see "stuff" sink to the bottom of the jar or a varnish will form on the walls of the jar. Try the same thing with other gas or oils or add you favorite snake oil like Sta-Bil and see if anything happens. If you find nothing happens at all over a long period, you're probably one of those guys that thinks the rest of the ethanol using world is nuts or liars. If it does, you know things aren't always what they seem.

Edit-Oh jeeze, Ian beat me to it. Redundant info.

 

[Pistolero]

Ethanol free for all my small engines these days. Trying to get a leaf blower that I inherited
from my father running again was the final straw. The fuel line, some sort of 2 or 3mm clear
plastic, probably PVC, was exactly the strength and flexibility of a piece of spaghetti. Nice.
Thanks to all that wonderful ethanol in the gas.
So far, the ethanol free stuff has worked well for a couple of seasons. Got out my pressure
washer, also inherited from my father, which took three disassemblies and cleaning out of
crud and corrosion from the carb, and it started on first pull after a year, ran fine pressure
washing for 30-40 minutes use. Stabil in non-ethanol gas.

I have done the fuel sample in a clear bottle deal. Nasty stuff some of the time. Seems like
the non-ethanol around here is much more stable.....even without Stabil. Maybe it is snake
oil, but so far, it has been working. Will be looking at this Phaze stuff.

Bill