Fuel Stabilizer Tests

I've had Sta-bil not work as good as Startron. I've been 100% Startron for the past hand full of years and it has never given me grief
 
I use the Sta-bil if It's going to sit for more than a couple months. I never used to but with ethanol in the gas it seems to go bad so much faster.
Try and find a place with pure gas to fill up at before you store it. Still use the additive anyway. Also a full tank will help keep rust from forming on the exposed metal.
 
Do some research on PRI-G by Power Research Inc. I think it is by far the best stabilizer. Ever wonder how they keep the fuel fresh in those huge storage tanks? Check these guys out. www.priproducts.com
 
First, I don't use gasoline with any amount of ethanol in it in my small engines, outboard motor or Model A. I realize that some of you don't have this option but this has been the key to my never having fuel related problems. Second, I've been using Sta-bil as a medium term (1-year or less) fuel stabilizer for close to 55 years. After 1-year I transfer the gasoline to my regular cars and replace it with fresh.
 
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David in San Antonio said:
Do you store your A over the winter? Do you put Marvel Mystery Oil or Sta-bil or Sea-Foam or something else in the gas tank? The linked video should provide endless discussion, controversy, stories of personal experiences, perhaps some outrage, the popping of bubbles and maybe, just maybe some regrets.

https://youtu.be/OHXYWxMkhog?si=73OZ_9W8GZ6AVBR6
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Thanks for sharing the video. I enjoy watching Project Farm comparisons. Being in So Cal I don't store my Model A in the winter months. I do use Seafoam to help keep the fuel system clean.

My main problem is that the current fuels evaporate out of the Model A vented tank.
 
Where I live it is warm enough in the winter to keep running my Model A. Although some days are too cold or too wet. I keep the battery maintainer connected if I am not going to drive it for a week or more. If I am going to be away for more than a month I will run the carburetor dry and put the car on jack stands to keep the tires from getting flat spots. I don't use any stabilizers in the tank and run gasoline with ethanol but I keep the tank mostly full. My car lives in my garage with a dehumidifier.
 
We in California have the worst gas for old cars. However, I have added Any transmission fluid to gas just before filling up with name brand gas, and am over six or seven years sitting without a problem restarting. Cheap, AND it works!
 
I fill mine up with non-ethanol and put a few glugs of either Sta-Bil, MMO, or Seafoam, whatever I have on the shelf at the time...I also take the carb off and spray it out with carb cleaner. All have worked great for me.....
 
norcalal said:
I have added Any transmission fluid to gas just before filling up with name brand gas, and am over six or seven years sitting without a problem restarting. Cheap, AND it works!
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Can we assume that is Automatic Transmission Fluid? I have heard of this before. How much ATF do you add per gallon?
 
For many decades, I have been storing my A's over Long Island, New York winters with full tanks of 87 Octane ethanol gasoline in them, and no additives the likes of Sta-bil or Marvel Mystery Oil.
 
Worth noting that the test performed in the video is a 20-month storage, so more than a year and a half, with 10% ethanol.
 
If any one has gas.leaf blowers and other equip. loaded up with crap gas, wait for the seals to rot and carbs clogged. We'd lose the tiny carbs yearly. Stabil does work with the fuel oil mix to keep them going. Same thing in old cars. The Farm test person does comprehensive tests on scores of products so one can see the results, rather than just rely on opinions without some back up..
 
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