[Bmcu] ethanol and fuel additives

[Rob McNair]

And now my turn,

I use Sta-bil Standard or Marine Formula "Ethanol Treatment" at every fill up.  When it's time to park the LBC for the winter I fill it up add "Ethanol Treatment" and Sta-bil "Fuel Stabilizer".  AutoZone and O'Reilly carry the Marine Formula "Ethanol Treatment" and "Fuel Stabilizer".  Smith's on 3300 East and 3300 South, SLC, carry all three products.  

Rob

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gary Lindstrom<mailto:gary at cs.utah.edu> 
  To: bmcu at autox.team.net<mailto:bmcu at autox.team.net> 
  Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 5:51 PM
  Subject: Re: [Bmcu] ethanol and fuel additives


  My 2p (pence):

  1) The best additive to counteract ethanol in gas is Stabil Marine.  The ordinary Stabil helps, but the marine grade Stabil is specifically formulated to deal with ethanol in engines that weren't made to deal with it.  I bought mine at State Trailer Supply, about 3500 S. Redwood Road in West Valley.

  2) See (1).
      --Gary

  p.s. If your engine does not have hardened valve seats you might consider using a lead substitute in your gas. Note this counteracts the absence of lead, and has nothing to do with ethanol in fuel.

  p.p.s. I was not at the Cars-n-Coffee so I'd like to hear what wisdom was dispensed there.


  On 8/18/2012 3:58 PM, Jay Williams wrote:

    BMCUers--wondering if I should be adding any fuel additives to my 1980 MGB.  We had this discussion at a PC Cars-n-coffee and I couldn't remember what you all recommended.  So I'll simplify this into 2 questions: 


    1. What should be added when filling up with gasoline containing ethanol?  No I can't drive to that one gas station in SLC that doesn't use ethanol...
    2. What should be added to gasoline when parking the car for more than a month without driving it?


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