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| Just wondering what everyone is using for a fuel stabilizer in their boat motors? |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Stabil Marine, year round in all my toys. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I use Sea Foam. Good stuff. |
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | sworrall - 5/7/2015 9:50 AM
I use Sea Foam. Good stuff.
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Location: varies | Startron |
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| Is it over kill to use Seafoam and Stabil? I was always under the impression that seafoam cleaned your motor and stabil kept the fuel from going bad. |
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Location: Twin Cities, MN | I use Quickleen and Startron with each fill up.
Might be overkill, but I had previous issues with bad corn gas so I get corn free gas and stabilize everything that I run's though my Optimax. |
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Location: one foot over the line | Homemade sea-foam, merc quickcare/quickclean in a 175 opti. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Answering the Sea Foam question:
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=99... |
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Location: Fifield | After having to clean several carbs on chainsaws and ice augers that had gas treated with sta-bil, I only use seafoam. |
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Location: Minnesota | I use stabil for winter storage. Summer I run ring free in every tank. |
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Location: MN | I use yamaha products as it's a new motor and required. But sea foam is great use it in everything else. Just used 2+ old gas in weed trimmer yesterday. I had put a little sea foam in years ago and then put a bit in before use. Started 2nd pull. |
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Location: 31 | NathanH - 5/8/2015 6:25 AM
I use yamaha products as it's a new motor and required. But sea foam is great use it in everything else. Just used 2+ old gas in weed trimmer yesterday. I had put a little sea foam in years ago and then put a bit in before use. Started 2nd pull.
I use Yamaha Ring Free in my outboards every time, Sea Foam 1-2 times a year in everything else.
Edited by Jerry Newman 5/8/2015 7:09 AM
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| I ran Merc Quickleen during the year in my Opti's, and also added Stabil Marine in the fall. My last 200 Opti had the same plugs for 5 years, and they looked good when I sold it. New owner is probably still running them 3 years later!
And I ran 87 Octane with ethanol, per the owners manual. Never had an issue. When I did my year end storage preps, I never got more than a drop or two of water from the separator. |
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Location: MN | Not a plug but Ring free is a great product no matter your motor. Not a fuel stabilizer. It can be used in 2 stroke motors as well. |
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| Sea Foam |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI |
I used to use a Sea Foam / Stabil cocktail but now use Sea Foam and corn free gas year round. No more problems. |
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Location: Minnesota. | Sea Foam ... in everything. And always for storage! |
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Location: Money, PA | The best fuel stabilizer is USING ETHANOL FREE FUEL....There are places out there that sell the stuff, especially on the water.
Realistically though, I have used Stabil Marine for the most part.... |
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Location: West of the metro, MN | Sea Foam and corn free for my first and last tank of the year. Every tank in between gets marine stabil and sea foam |
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Posts: 540
Location: Leech Lake, Walker MN | I put 22 motors away every year lawn tractor chain saws and use SEA FOAM IN every thing and year after year NEVER an issue Great Stuff as Al Lindner says it's a mechanic
In a can |
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Location: With my son on the water | http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=MN
Attached is a link where you can find ethanol free gas in any state and Canada.
Have a good day. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Good link - thanks ! |
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Location: Money, PA | I just downloaded the APP...thanks btfish! |
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Posts: 540
Location: Leech Lake, Walker MN | I put 22 motors away every year lawn tractor chain saws and use SEA FOAM IN every thing and year after year NEVER an issue Great Stuff as Al Lindner says it's a mechanic
In a can |
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Location: Metro, MN | Johnson/Evinrude 2+4 hands down. Been using it on my yami for 15 years and never once had a motor issue. She still fires and runs like day 1! I've spoken with several mechanics in the boat industry and they said its much better than stabil for a variety of reasons. |
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| Most stabilizers are bottled up antioxidant material that fuel refineries use to extend shelf life to pump gas, so those products have one temporary benefit.
Sea Foam is a combo of highly refined petroleum oils that dissolve gum and varnish, clean fuel deposits, stabilizes, and lubricates all the way through the exhaust stroke. There’s a lot more bang for your buck, it’s harmless, and it flat out works!
Check out this video on fuel stabilization:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ3pfwIgijk
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