stabil or sea foam
 

What do you guys put in your gas tank at the end of the season,Stabil the red stuff,Stabil the green stuff for gas with ethanol in it ,or sea foam????
or is there something better out there???

FYI...I read up on the subject and Stabil Red seems fine for gas with up to 10% ethanol; more ethanol is where green kicks in.

Seafoam is liked more by some.

I use red StaBil and it never let me down.

When I lived up north in Illinois, I used Stabil (red) as a fuel stabilizer when I winterized the boat, and put it in motorcycles, lawnmowers, etc. when I put them away for the winter. Never had a problem the next spring. I used Sea Foam as a fuel conditioner and water remover all year round, even in my diesel truck. Worked great, again never had any problems.

Have used red Sta-Bil for 10 + years with no problems.

StaBil also keeps injectors/carbs clean.

Long term storage use Sea Foam.

I have always used red Stabil for storage. I do like seafoam for fuel injector cleaning, motor fogging in the 2 cycles, etc.

For sitting one winter, about 6 months, I have always used nothing and never had a problem.

Fuels have changed a lot in recent years. A $10 investment at the end of the season could save you thousands if you run the motor on degraded fuel and suck a valve or burn a piston. For what stabilizer costs it not worth the risk. A lot of shops, the one I currently work for included, make a lot of money every year because of degraded fuel.

So what do you guys use??

StaBil green or Red

SeaFoam

or

http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/ast.aspx

All will get the job done well.

When I run out I will try Amsoil's product out.

I use red StaBIl and it works extremely well.

We stock both Mercury Marine branded fuel stabilizer and Sta-Bil red. California fuel is 10% ethonal so red is sufficient, green is called for when ethonal levels exceed 10%. We have never had a problem with a boat that was properly treated before storage. We actually recommend treating the fuel every time you fill up, that way whatever is left in your tank when you put it away is already taken care of. It will not harm anything, in fact it helps keep the engine's fuel system cleaner. It is very inexpensive so there is really no reason not to. Todays fuels start to break down in as little as 2 weeks so even during the season fuel has a chance to start causing problems.

I`ve always used red Stabil --- didn`t know there was a green Stabil ...
I use Sea Foam as a fuel system cleaner additive.

I never had a problem with stabil exept for staining nice white gel coat yellow! I use sea foam.

Red Stabil is the only way I can keep everything running around this place. ie, chainsaws,weedeater,leafblower,logsplitter,mowers gas and diesel,generators gas and diesel,snowblower,gas waterpump, use it all year in the small engines. Doug