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Originally Posted by jrc
There is so much misinformation on ethanol that it's hard to know what is true.
On small engines, I always use stabile on the last tank, drain as much as possible and then run them dry. I never used to worry about it but since ethanol, I've had to rebuild one (out of a set of four) motorcycle carbs and a snowblower carb.
The boat has two 130 gallon steel tanks, draining is not practical and having 260 gallons of 6 month old fuel in May is not appealing. So I load up with stabile or similar during the last top off and store with somewhere under a quarter tank. My mechanic winterizes the engines and does whatever he does. Come spring it starts right up. Then I usually fill up with fresh gas.
This is season seven for this boat coming up and it has never seen non-ethanol fuel.
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WAYYYYYYY too much misinformation!! They should just get rid of ethanol so we, the middle class, can keep some of our hard-earned money. All ethanol does is put OUR money in someone else's pockets!!
I'm in a similar situation only I only have one 96 gal tank and like you said, draining it is not practical or easy. BUT, I do just the opposite of you, I fill the tank to the top and load it up with Marine Stabile in the recommended dosage for long storage. I've been through 12 seasons with this boat now doing it this way and, knock on wood, I haven't had a problem
yet. One year I couldn't find Marine Stabile in any of the auto stores near me so I used Seafoam; no problems that year either.
I use Stabile (blue or red) in all my small engines (and the boat) and maybe I've just been lucky but, so far, so good!