lots of good and interesting info here from a citizen scientist.
I watched this and he does present a case of sorts. BUT in my simple opinion you really need to test more than one brand of stabilizer!
Does anyone else remember back in the day gas lasted much longer in the tank? I've used stabilized 3 year old gas in the last 5 years. I'm running 7 month old gas now. BUT back in my younger days we often had gas in seldom run items for years on end without much if any issue.
1)BUT in my simple opinion you really need to test more than one brand of stabilizer!
2) Does anyone else remember back in the day gas lasted much longer in the tank? I've used stabilized 3 year old gas in the last 5 years. I'm running 7 month old gas now. BUT back in my younger days we often had gas in seldom run items for years on end without much if any issue.
Ethanol free fuel does for real last longer though.I've run 2 year old, untreated, 10% ethanol without a problem. Never tried any older than that.
I'm not a big fan of ethanol fuel just because it makes your MPG go down. E85 is cheap but you don't gain much from using it because you'll lose 25% of your MPG. My new Toyota is rated for E15 but I haven't put any in it. With E10 it runs great, no problem. I've found no point in paying a lot more for non-ethanol gas. When I'm out west and I can run 85 octane non-ethanol for the same cost, I will do it, but that gas doesn't even exist where I live...
Yes. As hurricaners we have to keep enough gas on hand to run the generator for days, all year-round. You find out quick that it is the ONE THING you cannot buy when the power goes out .I've run 2 year old, untreated, 10% ethanol without a problem. Never tried any older than that.
My process every year is like what you do Supervisor. Every fall I'll cycle thru my storage in the truck and refill the cans with StaBil treated 100% gas. I use it in all my small engines. I try and rotate my desiel thru the summer months just during normal use.Yes. As hurricaners we have to keep enough gas on hand to run the generator for days, all year-round. You find out quick that it is the ONE THING you cannot buy when the power goes out .
It is all too easy to rotate it. Once every year or so, empty the jugs into the truck, get them refilled and the truck topped off. Done in 30 minutes.
I do not believe that all gasoline will suddenly become unavailable for months because it comes from so many different sources that are completely independent from each other.
The famous 'pipeline hack' only interrupted supply for 'some people' for less than 2 weeks.
A good hurricane, not much more than that.
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