OK with the Ethanol that's in gasoline. I am hearing that the alcohol is evaporating and will mess your carburetor in  small engines, with today's gas blends.

My question is this. Without buying those little cans of pre mixed gas, is there any stabilizers that have recently came onto the market to solve this issue?

I have two Husqvarna's and one Stihl and I don't want to have to replace the carbs on these fine saws.

thanks for any help Bob W.

tagged for interest.

I use gas from a marina in  mine.  



I also found a distributor that sells unblended fuel.

http://mystarbrite.com/startron/

The Ethanol absorbs water. After sitting in your tank for a while, the water can separate and settle in clumps. Clumps of water don't burn very well.



Sta-Bil has a "Marine Formula" for gasoline that contains ethanol - I've seen it for sale at Pep Boys, right next to their regular formula.

we sold the hell out of this at the shop i last worked at.  Supposed to be an enzyme treatment to help eat the water out of the ethanol.  Nobody ever complained about it and I run it in my stuff.  Winter will tell how well it works.  

And the ethanol doesnt evaporate, its sucks moisture out of the air and once it sucks up all it can it separates and goes to the bottom of the tank, making it a nice watery mess.

Do tell

I'm guessing the marina is out by your house, or is it here in town?

You will prolly laugh at me... but, I use race fuel in my small engines.  Specifically Unocal C10 that I buy in 55 gallon drums for my Z-28.
You can get a 5 gallon can for 50 bucks which is way more than I would use in a year.
I don't use much mixed fuel.. my weedeater and chainsaw are all that require it so it's not a huge expense. I might use 3 gallons all year....
I find that starting them is much easier than using the treated gasahol... and they also seem to run much cooler.
Not to mention it won't screw with the rubber gaskets, diaphrams or O-rings.... I got really tired of rebuilding carbs every spring.  I needed fuel one morning, looked at the drum and thought why not...

just my 2 cents...

There are 2 issues you are asking about.  

1) Stopping fuel decay
2) Stopping Ethanol from attacking certain types of plastic/rubber.

Yes, there are products that work better with ethanol blends to address #1.

No, there is pretty much nothing you can do to stop Ethanol from attacking vulnerable components.  That's what it does.  It's like asking oxygen not to rust bare steel.  

If you don't use the saw often, those 'little cans of premix' are the best option.

I remember when my dad had an old '64 Evinrude, we'd disconnect the fuel line and let the carb run out of gas each time we were about to pull it out of the water.  This kept gas from eating away at the carb.  Carb didn't give any problems for over 30 years.

Also, keeping the tank topped off will prevent humid air from going in and out the tank with temp. changes, which is what causes the water to form.