| [GMCnet] How do you get Fuel Stabilizer in the Aux [message #355801] |
Wed, 17 June 2020 10:41 |
fbhtxak
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Registered: April 2006
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Ken,
I have occasionally left vehicles in storage in Alaska for as long as 2-3
years. 'Have never had a problem with restarting and have not sensed any
degradation of performance with the old fuel.. I do not use a stabilizer as
the fuel is 87 RON/10% EtOH . I store the vehicles with the fuel tanks full.
I similarly have had no "old fuel" problems with stored/infrequently
"exercised" vehicles and lawn equipment in Texas.
Fred
Fred Hudspeth
1978 Royale (TZE 368V101335) - Tyler, TX
1982 Airstream Excella (motorhome) - Cooper Landing, Alaska
Message: 6
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:23:15 -0400
From: Ken Henderson
To: GMC Mail List
Cc: "John R. Lebetski"
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Fw: How do you get Fuel Stabilizer in the Aux
gas tank? In a GMC.
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John,
I'm with you: I see no advantage to spending time/money on fuel
stabilizer. I've never had a problem that I could remotely attribute to
"old" gas. Even when I've filled too many jugs for the lawn equipment and
had it sit for a year or more, there's never been a problem, even with the
notoriously finicky 2-stroke engine. I will admit to having bought premium
gas for those for a while -- but I've now gotten out of that habit. Even
the older 2-strokes seem to be satisfied with 87 octane 10% ethanol.
Similarly with in-tank condensation: Knowing that the fuel cap on my GMC
has a 1 psi venting pressure requirement, I don't see how enough fresh,
humid, air can get into the tanks to condense a significant amount of H20
-- especially with all the ethanol in there to combine with it. Maybe it's
not really 90+% humid here! :-)
Again, until I have problems, I can dream up more interesting things to
worry about -- like the Wuhan Virus.
Ken H.
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