Gas Stabilizer Comparison - Boating Mag.

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Interesting "fuel stabilizer" comparison by Boating Magazine indicates they all will allow a little greater % of water in fuel before phase-separation can take place, but will not prevent it.
They all protected about equally in that respect, but some supposedly stabilize for 2 yrs vs 1.
It was really mostly a basic test for "separation" protection.

The report includes unit price per gallon of fuel stabilized.

Startron (at $.07/gal treated), West Marine (at $0.087/gal. treated) Biobar EB (at $.09/gal.treated) appear to be the best values according to the report.

http://www.boatingmag.com/gear/boat...123461511&spReportId=MTEyMzQ2MTUxMQS2#page-12

FWIW-I almost always fill the tank with Valv-tect pre-stabilized marine gas( which also happens to cost least/gal within at least 10nm ) , and to be perhaps a little safer would prefer to not mix stabilizer types .

Note-Boating Mag does sometimes appear to be influenced a bit by their advertisers.
 
I'd go with whatever they use on the Walking Dead show. It's been like 7 years, and they still find gas in abandoned cars that fires their vehicles right up first try.
 
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I'd go with whatever they use on the Walking Dead show. It's been like 7 years, and they still find gas in abandoned cars that fires their vehicles right up first try.

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:D [:-thumbu]

They probably use formaldehyde.

But I can't make myself have much interest in a show about killing dead people. Though in most cases, that should be better than killing live people.
 
Is there a diesel writeup?
I use the Biobar JF at every fill-up now.
Some people love it some hate it.
I had my tanks polshed so goal is to keep them clean!
 
We have an ONAN gasoline generator on our RV. Prev owner replaced the carburetor twice after it gummed up from dis-use. 60 days in FL summer is enough to varnish it up. Met a camper with the same genny who said he used StaBil with every gallon that went into the RV's 55-gallon tank. It feeds the ONAN as well as the Ford V-10. I decided to do StaBil also. That stuff adds noticeably to the price of a tank of gas. Then I started seeing Startron and went to it. Results so far are equally good, and I think fuel mileage has improved a little.

The ValvTect is GOOD GAS! Ethanol Free, 89 Octane, Stabilized. No fuel related problems with the boat. Where it really shines is the small engines!!! Honda engine on the pressure washer varnished up on me twice. StaBil stopped that, but now I just go get a few gallons of ValvTect every few months. The B&S mower engine, Toro string trimmer, Poulan blower, all OK. Marina said they do a big part of their gas business with customers toting cans out to the pumps from the parking lot.
 
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We have an ONAN gasoline generator on our RV. Prev owner replaced the carburetor twice after it gummed up from dis-use. 60 days in FL summer is enough to varnish it up. Met a camper with the same genny who said he used StaBil with every gallon that went into the RV's 55-gallon tank. It feeds the ONAN as well as the Ford V-10. I decided to do StaBil also. That stuff adds noticeably to the price of a tank of gas. Then I started seeing Startron and went to it. Results so far are equally good, and I think fuel mileage has improved a little.

The ValvTect is GOOD GAS! Ethanol Free, 89 Octane, Stabilized. No fuel related problems with the boat. Where it really shines is the small engines!!! Honda engine on the pressure washer varnished up on me twice. StaBil stopped that, but now I just go get a few gallons of ValvTect every few months. The B&S mower engine, Toro string trimmer, Poulan blower, all OK. Marina said they do a big part of their gas business with customers toting cans out to the pumps from the parking lot.

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The marine Valv-tect in MA is the mandated gasohol E10, and is available in 87, 89 and 93 octane rated fuel, plus Valv-tect diesel.
Never had a fuel-quality-related boat engine issue with that gas. Makes it so easy to have stabilized gas when brand new fresh in the boat's tanks....before it gets a chance to start degrading.
 
People who have access to ethanol-free gas (many marinas in FL, some even in Chesapeake Bay & MD) have an advantage. When in home port I truck in my own non-crapohol 70 miles from PA 20 to 40 gallons at a time depending on usage. I don't add anything to it even over winter.

I doubt any of these locations in MA would be practical for filling up a larger boat but perhaps for lawn equipment and such. T appears to be mainly higher octane racing fuel:

https://www.pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=MA

Take a look at the map to see how available real, pure gasoline is;

https://www.pure-gas.org/extensions/map.html
 
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