Posted: 1/21/2010 6:20:55 PM EDT
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Ok, time for me rotate out my gasoline storage. Quick question for you folks. What is the best fuel stabilizer to use for storage? I ask because I have seen in the past where some of ya'll don't recommend Stabil. What's the best and why?
Thanks! Edited for fat-fingering the crackberry.... Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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PRI-G is the best for gasoline-much better than Stabil.
Based on the suggestion of ARFcommer 1BigBunker I just bought a case of SeaFoam for testing and evaluation. So far so good, but I haven't been using it long enough to give you a firsthand report on it's long-term effectiveness. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile ETA: Got sick of fat-fingering my own crackberry, so I'm back on my laptop. Here is a study of PRI-G and PRI-D (diesel) vs Stabil and others LINK |
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There is nothing wrong with Stabil per se, it just isn't as good a choice as the others, particularly for long-term storage. Check out the link I posted above. There are lots of tests like that on the web if you prefer a different source. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Anyone know of local sources to find PRI? I mean, other than mail order, in your area do you have any local resources? Most boating stores carry it as well as Camping World outlets. About $28 to treat 500+ gallons. I use it in my truck on occasion as well. And I've personally "revived" some old gas. It works. |
| I recently used some 40 or so gallons of 3 year old gas that was sitting in a 500 gallon above ground tank. Never used a stabilizer. Was I lucky? I read so much back and forth here on the issue of gas going bad. Can someone point me to a faily defintive resource? |
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Anyone know of local sources to find PRI? I mean, other than mail order, in your area do you have any local resources? Luckily, I live in Houston so I can drive to their office and get a case. They look at me like I have two heads –– I may be their only walk-in customer, ever –– but if you want to get a case most boating supply places will give you a substantial case discount or you can buy it buy the gallon. Do a search for "PRI-G" and "gallon" and see if you find a local shipper –– you usually can. |
| Go2Marine.com has PRI D 1 gallon for ~$80 on sale. They also carry PRI G. Not sure it's the best price; but seemed decent. Shipping is about $12 to Co. |
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Go2Marine.com has PRI D 1 gallon for ~$80 on sale. They also carry PRI G. Not sure it's the best price; but seemed decent. Shipping is about $12 to Co. PRI-D (and that's a good price, by the way) is also excellent in home heating oil. Given that a gallon of PRI-D treats 2000 gallons of heating oil, it's cheap insurance to keep wax/varnish/tar buildup in the tank(s) at bay. If the tank is pretty filthy (like the tank of one of my relative's neighbors whom they turned on to PRI-D for heating oil), it will gradually clean it out over a few seasons and burn off the gunk, but gradually. That lady had always gotten the cheapest oil possible from a mob-connected heating oil supplier and was probably burning hazardous waste half the time (until a few years ago when all of the people in that company went to jail for several hundred years each). According to my relative the tank had "a very Pasadena smell". One year later (with PRI-D added at the normal doses whenever she filled up the tank), the smell was completely gone and the funky multi-layered tar rinds on the inside of the tank were almost gone. After the following year it just looked and smelled normal and you could see the walls of the tank all the way down again through the vent port. I have never had a bad experience with PRI products. I know more than a few people who started using them in irregularly used boats that always seemed to run funny and that stopped after a few tanks with PRI-G. Of course, now ethanol is another issue there. |
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I've been using seafoam for a couple years. I treat an old ariens snowblower, my lawnmower, my generator, and storage fuel. The Scooter and motorcycle also gets it for winterizing. Every 6 months I dump a can into the two daily driver vehicles gas tank. No complaints about it besides the price. When gas prices went up so did seafoam. They never came down in price from what I find. |