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Chef Lefty · Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:32 am Post subject: Seafoam or Stabil

Re-researching things and was wondering what the experts here use to:

Minimize condensation in their fuel.

Stabilize fuel for winter months.

Overall performance.

I do the best I can to keep non-ethanol fuel in the tank.

Cheers!
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ironmanstan · Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:32 am Post subject:

MARINE STABIL................and seafoam. Marine stabil stops or helps in stopping of phase separation which occurs with the crappy fuel we get. Also a dark tank helps because sunlight is bad for the ethanol fuels. I'm just putting this down off the top of my head from what I have read. I have also used ...I think its called Starbrite it is also good. Phase separation key word......bad stuff.
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O.B. · Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:52 am Post subject:

I've been using marine stabil also for about 5 years and have never had a problem. But then again I try to run my boat often enough to keep fresh fuel in there.
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manuel9622 · Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 11:22 am Post subject:

X2 on the Starbrite.
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mike35 · Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:47 pm Post subject:

i used to work small engines(15 years), and own a couple drag cars and a drag bike. i absolutely HATE stabil. I have had nothing but problems with it no matter the engine or application. when you dont use things for more then a couple months gas starts going bad, especially 2 stroke, and starts to seperate and varnish. with all the ethanol in the gas now a days sometimes it faster then that. i would put seafoam up against anything on the market (except BG) and it will beat it 10 fold. thats just my opinion, i had to pay almost $2000 for new injectors and carb kits to fix what stabil says it prevents. and again thats after not running for more then 3-4 months, during the winter in colorado.

RiPPin LiPS · Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:39 pm Post subject:

Sea Foam all Damnnnnnnnn day !!! I run in it in everything from my Honda Air motor on my flounder boat, outboard, trucks, all the way to my tractor out at the farm. This stuff will bring your old beat up sounding engine to a smooth quiet purrrrr in the 1st treatment.
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rodandroll · Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:45 pm Post subject:

Gib · Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:49 pm Post subject: Both

Isn't marine stabil a stronger concentration of red stabil?

I run stabil all the time and once a year give all my engines a thorough dosing of sea foam.

Sea foam really does good when you take out spark plugs and soak cylinders and also soak carb. Let it sit over night, dry start (no plugs) a few times then run engine. It will create a smoke screen that will rid all Mosquitos around house and clean things up inside motor real nice.

flounder daddy · Guest

People are getting these two products mixed up from what I have seen.

Seafoam is a CLEANER/DE-CARB type product

Stabil/Startron is a ethanol treatment.

I use ring-free from yamaha and Stabil Marine at every fill up. I use seafoam once a month to keep the carbs and reed assembly happy. I think the best thing you can do for your outboard is to RUN IT. A idle engine, is not a happy engine. Put some heat in it.