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Posted by Charlie Morgan on September 26, 2006, 2:11 pm
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>Charlie Morgan wrote:
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>> >Charlie Morgan wrote:
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>> >> >Charlie Morgan wrote:
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>> >> >> >Is there a shelf life?
>> >> >> >Thanks
>> >> >> >Tom
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Yes! Although there is no expiration date printed on the container,
Stabil has a
>> >> >> two year shelf life once you open the container and break the original
seal.
>> >> >
>> >> >Sez who?
>> >>
>> >> The manufacturer!
>> >
>> >So, there's no date printed on the container, but once you open the
>> >bottle it's no good in two years. Sounds to me like they want to have
>> >their cake and eat it too. They don't want retailers returning
>> >outdated unsold product, but they don't want consumers nursing a bottle
>> >for 5 years. Pardon my skepticism.
>>
>> I have an old opened bottle of Stabil in my garage that I haven't gotten
around
>> to diposing. It has turned a nasty darker color and appears to have some
solids
>> floating around in it. I sure wouldn't use it!
>>
>> CWM
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>What is Stabil anyway? Gas gets old, you lose the thinner fractions to
>evaporation so it becomes hard to start, and you get lots of crap and
>varnish forming. I can imagine some sort of solvent fighting the second
>part, but that would also evaporate out. ???
I have no idea what it is or how it works, and I really don't care
that much. I've been using it in all of my small engines for many,
many years, and they all start on the first or second pull. I recently
gave an old (10 years) crappy MTD 2-stroke snowblower to my
brother-in-law that had sat in my garage with gas in the tank and carb
for 3 years without being used. Pushed the primer three times, Started
on the first pull and ran fine. Still has the original spark plug in
it, too.
Any time I fill a gas can for either 2 or 4 stroke small engines, I
add Sta-bil. All I know is that it works astonishingly well for me,
and many people I know.
CWM
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Posted by Ether Jones on September 26, 2006, 5:26 pm
Charlie Morgan wrote:
> Any time I fill a gas can for either 2 or 4 stroke small engines, I
> add Sta-bil. All I know is that it works astonishingly well for me,
> and many people I know.
The stuff is remarkable indeed. I use it in all my small engines:
riding mower, push mower, brush mower, weed whacker, chain saw, edger,
go-kart. One year I added it to the riding mower but forgot to run
the engine to get it into the carb before leaving it for the winter.
Had a heck of a time getting it started in the spring. So it really
makes a difference.
> I have no idea what it is or how it works, and I really don't care
Some of us have more scientific curiousity than others.
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Posted by Charlie Morgan on September 26, 2006, 6:13 pm
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>Charlie Morgan wrote:
>
>> Any time I fill a gas can for either 2 or 4 stroke small engines, I
>> add Sta-bil. All I know is that it works astonishingly well for me,
>> and many people I know.
>
>The stuff is remarkable indeed. I use it in all my small engines:
>riding mower, push mower, brush mower, weed whacker, chain saw, edger,
>go-kart. One year I added it to the riding mower but forgot to run
>the engine to get it into the carb before leaving it for the winter.
>Had a heck of a time getting it started in the spring. So it really
>makes a difference.
>
>> I have no idea what it is or how it works, and I really don't care
>
>Some of us have more scientific curiousity than others.
Well, I do too, but this particular question doesn't pull me at all towards it.
The makers say that Stabil somehow encapsulates the molecules of various
components of gasoline and protects them from destrying each other. That's good
enough. Stabil isn't that big a part of my life!
CWM
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Posted by Ether Jones on September 26, 2006, 8:16 pm
Charlie Morgan wrote:
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> >
> >Charlie Morgan wrote:
> >
> >> Any time I fill a gas can for either 2 or 4 stroke small engines, I
> >> add Sta-bil. All I know is that it works astonishingly well for me,
> >> and many people I know.
> >
> >The stuff is remarkable indeed. I use it in all my small engines:
> >riding mower, push mower, brush mower, weed whacker, chain saw, edger,
> >go-kart. One year I added it to the riding mower but forgot to run
> >the engine to get it into the carb before leaving it for the winter.
> >Had a heck of a time getting it started in the spring. So it really
> >makes a difference.
> >
> >> I have no idea what it is or how it works, and I really don't care
> >
> >Some of us have more scientific curiousity than others.
>
> Well, I do too, but this particular question doesn't pull me at all towards it.
> The makers say that Stabil somehow encapsulates the molecules of various
> components of gasoline and protects them from destrying each other. That's good
> enough.
Um, I don't think so. A half a teaspoon per quart isn't going to
"encapsulate" anything.
> Stabil isn't that big a part of my life!
Say that next spring after not using it this winter.
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Posted by Charlie Morgan on September 26, 2006, 8:29 pm
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>Charlie Morgan wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >Charlie Morgan wrote:
>> >
>> >> Any time I fill a gas can for either 2 or 4 stroke small engines, I
>> >> add Sta-bil. All I know is that it works astonishingly well for me,
>> >> and many people I know.
>> >
>> >The stuff is remarkable indeed. I use it in all my small engines:
>> >riding mower, push mower, brush mower, weed whacker, chain saw, edger,
>> >go-kart. One year I added it to the riding mower but forgot to run
>> >the engine to get it into the carb before leaving it for the winter.
>> >Had a heck of a time getting it started in the spring. So it really
>> >makes a difference.
>> >
>> >> I have no idea what it is or how it works, and I really don't care
>> >
>> >Some of us have more scientific curiousity than others.
>>
>> Well, I do too, but this particular question doesn't pull me at all towards
it.
>> The makers say that Stabil somehow encapsulates the molecules of various
>> components of gasoline and protects them from destrying each other. That's
good
>> enough.
>
>Um, I don't think so. A half a teaspoon per quart isn't going to
>"encapsulate" anything.
>
I didn't say it, the manufacture did. Talk to them!
>
>> Stabil isn't that big a part of my life!
>
>Say that next spring after not using it this winter.
I promise you that I won't have that issue. :^)
CWM
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