[Spridgets] Spridgets & Gasoline

[Tracy Drummond]

To be most effective stabil has to be added to fresh gas so you have to be
doing it as part of your winter storage prep routine.  It is best to leave
an almost full tank for storage to protect the tank from condensation and
surface rust, the logic given to me by tribal elders being to "seal" as much
of the tank from air with fuel as possible.  Of course the stabil should
also be new.  But then I don't leave gas in my tanks for more than a month
at a time.

On a side not; I do personally believe that there is no fouler smell than 20
year old gas.  I had the pleasure of draining such a tank.  Yuck e bluck,
eeeewww, jeeezo.  I then used the boil it on a BBQ bust off the filter
trick.

Tracy Drummond                  Gang Warily !
President AHCUSA              www.healey.org

-----Original Message-----
From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John Innis
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 8:01 AM
To: Bud Pazur
Cc: spridgets at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets & Gasoline

I agree old gas can be a problem.  From my experience the worst
situation is gas that is left exposed to the air for extended periods
of time.  I have has six month old gas in my motorcycle get all brown
and nasty, but gas in my sealed jerry can is fine almost a year later.
 I also don't believe in Stabil.  Ever since they were bought by Eagle
their product seems to have gone downhill.  I find that Seafoam works
well as a fuel stabilizer, it still has limits.

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Bud Pazur<bpazur at excel.net> wrote:
> I was just talking to a very knowledgeable lister who said that the cause
of
> my missing, spitting, bucking problem could very well be old gasoline. He
> says modern gas loses its power very quickly. I am going to find out this
> evening when I drain the tank and put in fresh gas. A lot of the gas in my
> tank is old (last summer). He says Stabil doesn't help.
>
> He also said I should try to find premium without ethanol. This is
> increasingly hard to do these days. I wonder if other listers are
concerned
> about this, and take steps like timing, additives, a bit of racing gas,
etc.
>
> Thanks again, very knowledgeable lister!!!
>
> Bud Pazur
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