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Best Fuel additive/Ethanol treatment should I get for storing over the winter?

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Old Sep 29, 2013 | 08:41 PM
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Best Fuel additive/Ethanol treatment should I get for storing over the winter?

I was just wondering what do you guys recommend to use when storing car's Motorcycles/ATV's Mowers and all other Gas Powered Equipment 2 and 4 cycle? Some of these items will be sitting for 6 Plus Months before the fuel is all used up.
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Old Sep 30, 2013 | 11:00 PM
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Re: Best Fuel additive/Ethanol treatment should I get for storing over the winter?

Add seven years to this thread - It's still been working for me:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tech...r-storage.html
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Old Oct 1, 2013 | 02:31 PM
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Re: Best Fuel additive/Ethanol treatment should I get for storing over the winter?

Joe Gibbs racing and Lucas look pretty good.
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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 09:26 PM
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Re: Best Fuel additive/Ethanol treatment should I get for storing over the winter?

I've had good luck with Marvel Mystery oil and Startron fuel treatment (startron is usually sold at the marine section at Walmart and at many marinas and small engine shops).
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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 10:57 PM
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Re: Best Fuel additive/Ethanol treatment should I get for storing over the winter?

I use Sta-Bil and just a couple of gallons of NON ethanol gas in my cars.
In my lawn equipment/motorcycle/boat jet-ski I run the carbs and tanks
completely empty.....................

Several gas stations sell prem. non-ethanol gas.................
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 06:48 AM
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Re: Best Fuel additive/Ethanol treatment should I get for storing over the winter?

Premium non-ethanol 91 octane with a fuel stabilizer. Seafoam or Stabil are my favorites.
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Old Oct 3, 2013 | 08:33 PM
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Re: Best Fuel additive/Ethanol treatment should I get for storing over the winter?

Wish I could get non Ethanol fuel here.
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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 12:18 AM
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Re: Best Fuel additive/Ethanol treatment should I get for storing over the winter?

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Wish I could get non Ethanol fuel here.
Search here: http://pure-gas.org/ and find the closest station that sells non ethanol fuel.
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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 07:28 AM
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Re: Best Fuel additive/Ethanol treatment should I get for storing over the winter?

I do check that site from time to time and there is no where with in two hrs of me.
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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 08:43 AM
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Re: Best Fuel additive/Ethanol treatment should I get for storing over the winter?

On Stacey David's 'Gearz' show, he recommends using the new Sta-Bil for ethanol which is the blue, marine type. http://www.goldeagle.com/mobile/prod...oduct3CC6.aspx
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