PRED-ATOR Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 G'day Raiders, Havent taken my boat out in ages due to how busy work has been (ive been so busy on fishraider PEEEEWWWWWW) So the fuel in my boat has been sitting there for over a month. Ive been looking at them fuel stabilizers but there so expensive! the ones i know of are start ya bastard and the other red one (cant remember the name) and there over 30 bux. Does anyone know of any cheaper options?
tareeterror Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 G'day Raiders, Havent taken my boat out in ages due to how busy work has been (ive been so busy on fishraider PEEEEWWWWWW) So the fuel in my boat has been sitting there for over a month. Ive been looking at them fuel stabilizers but there so expensive! the ones i know of are start ya bastard and the other red one (cant remember the name) and there over 30 bux. Does anyone know of any cheaper options? Start ya bastard is not a stabilizer, and those stabilizers will not bring back stale fuel, has to be added when fuel is fresh, one month old fuel in a sealed tank should not be stale.
PRED-ATOR Posted July 28, 2011 Author Posted July 28, 2011 So even the fuel in my carbi and in my spare jerry can should be ok? Thanks Tareeterror
bluebottle18 Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 Any chance of tipping the fuel into your car. That was what I did when it was a bit old. It had a bit of oil in it but di d not harm the car. Not sure about todays car .
mike82 Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 If its only been a month you will be fine. If you are worried, put the jerry in the car and top the boat up with fresh fuel. Fuel stabilisers are only good if used when fuel is fresh and won't bring stale fuel back to life as stated before. They are very expensive and you have to use quite a lot of stabiliser per litre of fuel. 236ml of sta-bil treats only 76L of fuel. Think it costs about $20 from memory. As if fuels not expensive enough already!
tareeterror Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 So even the fuel in my carbi and in my spare jerry can should be ok? Thanks Tareeterror Fuel will keep in sealed jerry cans for few months, NOT E10 though as it loves soaking up water.
cja12005 Posted July 31, 2011 Posted July 31, 2011 You shouldnt have any problems with month old fuel if its been stored properly in containers that are specifically designed for the job. Fuel additives are a waste of time, just dont store more fuel than you know you will use within a sensible time. cheers
cja12005 Posted July 31, 2011 Posted July 31, 2011 Forgot to mention that in my expierence, E10 should not be used at all as it has caused me problems in the past, cheers.
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