ITS ALL IN THE SEAFOAM.......OR NOT !!!!! UP-DATE

[GOLD HUNTER]

Guys  this is all my fault and I learned a valuable lesson. I fillled my ATV up with gas in July 2010. I rode it a few times to put up deer camera's and drag deer out. I put it up in mid December and didn't get it back out til this week. I couldn't get it started so I removed the spark plug and replaced it, drained all the gas out which was bright orange. Finally got it started but it was missing and went and got seafoam and put 4 oz for a half gallon and ran it for an hour. It started running a little better and but it's not running like brand new. For now on I will be putting in sta-bil in it when I store it. The idoling jet was clogged and the seafoam helped clean it out.

Gas ain't what it used to be.

Has this happened to anyone else ?

I was lucky or this would of cost $250.00 to have a new jet kit put in.

[renegade19]

I use Sta Bil in everything.

[hookedspur]

Yes it happened to me a while back and I use Sta Bil now .

[mossy835]

Learned my lesson with my lawn mower, great stuff and it works!!

[Ferguson]

Seafoam is great for that exact purpose, but, don't leave seafoam and gas with ethanol mixed in your machine over time. They have chemicals that when mixed degrade fuel lines. Use sta-bil for storing equipment over time.

David

[West Augusta]

I use Sta Bil in everything.

X2

The ethanol they put in gas absorbs water, rots seals and corrodes everything.
Sta-Bil takes care of it.

[Old Gobbler]

Same thing happened to a Go- Devil Outboard I have -

I make it a point to burn up or drain all the gas out of all my generators and outboards before a long storage

[CASH]

If you leave any equipment up for the winter that has gasahol in it, use Stabil or drain the tanks.


Ethanol blows. 

[Tail Feathers]

That reminds me, I need to drain the gas in my boat.  Forgot to put seafoam in and haven't been in it since March.

[Gamblinman]

Other than the truck and car, I use a cocktail of Seafoam, Mercury Quikleen, and Sta-bil. Keeps all my small 2-stroke and 4-stroke motors running perfectly, season after season, year after year.

[CB on the run]

  Anyone use the new 'green' Stabil for their outboards?  It costs over twice as much as the red.

CB

[mightyjoeyoung]

I put SEAFOAM in EVERYTHING that has a motor on it or in it around my house!  Don't forget B-12 CHEMTOOL...works great for "reviving" those hard to start or rough idling motors.

[chcltlabz]

I use the green stabil for my boat and  haven't had any issues.  The green stabil is designed to take the ethanol out, the red is designed to stabilize the fuel.  Really different purposes.

FYI if you buy it in the big jugs, the green stabil isn't very expensive.

[gobbler74]

I use it some of my stuff..just added a bottle to my work car last week after getting some crappy gas that had it missing..doin better now

[goblr77]

I switched over from Sta-bil and started using Startron in everything. It seems to work better.

http://mystarbrite.com/startron/content/view/38/50