[Shop-talk] OT--car won't start

[Steven Trovato]

I can't agree with that.  The big problem has been the alcohol in the 
fuel.  This has been a constant battle for boaters.  There are now 
stabilizers specifically designed for fuel containing alcohol.  I 
have no problem with your strategy of running small engines 
dry.  Stabilizers do not guarantee that the fuel will last 
forever.  But I doubt you can show a worse outcome using a stabilizer 
than plain untreated gas.

-Steve Trovato
strovato at optonline.net

At 10:26 AM 12/21/2011, Gerald Brazil wrote:
>I now avoid gas stabilizers like the plague! They have caused more gum up
>than just leaving gas in it. On my lawn equipment I put a cutoff in the fuel
>line and always run them dry.