Treated non-ethanol fuel after 1 year
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Treated non-ethanol fuel after 1 year
Supposed to get 3 - 5 inches of snow today so I decided last night to make sure the snow blower fires up. I neglected to drain the fuel tank this spring as I normally do so I took a couple of minutes to do that before attempting to start it. I usually buy my last 5 gallon can of "garage fuel" in October. This gets me through the last of the mowing season and leaves me enough fuel for the snow blower. I always treat this fuel with red Sta-Bil when purchased so the last few runs of my equipment for the season are with treated fuel. Both fuel samples in the picture are from the same station, 87 octane, and non-ethanol. Again, both treated with the appropriate amount of red Sta-Bil. The sample on the right is from the snow blower and would have been purchased in October of 2010. The sample on the left was purchased in October of 2011. Sorry for the crappy iPhone pic.
Last edited by Knot 4 Me; 01-12-2012 at 10:07 AM. Reason: had 2 right samples listed...
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Couple of things to consider, I never treat the gas in my 4 stroke weedwacker and the gas sits all winter long. Come spring, 6 months later it is a bit discolored but nothing like that. It has a "clear/white" plastic tank. Depending on the age of the snowblower and what is in the tank, I have heard of the gas breaking down older black tanks and lines. In doing that they can absorb the color as well. Just an idea....
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Couple of things to consider, I never treat the gas in my 4 stroke weedwacker and the gas sits all winter long. Come spring, 6 months later it is a bit discolored but nothing like that. It has a "clear/white" plastic tank. Depending on the age of the snowblower and what is in the tank, I have heard of the gas breaking down older black tanks and lines. In doing that they can absorb the color as well. Just an idea....