Gas additive Stabil?

I have seen miracles happen with sea foam.

SNobsessed wrote: Best practice is to store it with non-ethanol.

but with long term storage still use Sea-foam even with non ethanol.

Sea foam = another snake oil
Watched the neighbor go through 4 cans after pulling his quad out of a 2 year lay-up. After listening to him rev it up continuously for 2 days I went over pulled the carb took it apart cleaned it and presto. If he would have taken the carb off like I told him at the beginning he would have saved the cost of the 4 cans of snake oil and would have been riding all weekend instead of driving me nuts listening to him revving it up all weekend.
Sea foam is nothing but pale oil which is parts cleaner.

SNobsessed wrote: Mine sits for 9 months.   It's cheaper than Stabil. Best practice is to store it with non-ethanol.

Geez Chris...you got that boat stored in a museum or what?

Stabil ain't that expensive! You're only talking a couple extra bucks.

I've been using Sta-bil for years without any issues whatsoever. Last run of the season I fill the tank up with non ethanol gas, Dump in the right amount of Sta-bil and run the boat for a hour or so. Fires right up after a little coaxing after sitting 2 months.

I've heard several stories of guys having issues with Seafoam. Not one with Sta-bil. Don't know the specifics of one over the other but negativity by word of mouth was good enough for me to stay away from the SeaFoam.

gun-driver wrote: Sea foam = another snake oil Watched the neighbor go through 4 cans after pulling his quad out of a 2 year lay-up. After listening to him rev it up continuously for 2 days I went over pulled the carb took it apart cleaned it and presto. If he would have taken the carb off like I told him at the beginning he would have saved the cost of the 4 cans of snake oil and would have been riding all weekend instead of driving me nuts listening to him revving it up all weekend. Sea foam is nothing but pale oil which is parts cleaner.

If as you say it is parts cleaner and apparently has an equivilant of dry gas then you must see that it has some benefits as described above.. I believe snake oil doesnt have any effect on its intended use.?

gun-driver wrote: pale oil , naphtha, IPA

I suggest you look up to see what carb cleaner is these days. I have a 5 gal pail of pale oil, naphtha and IPA and that even includes the free dipping basket!! I did however not buy it with the optional snakes! The EPA doesn't like Berryman anymore!

Has anyone tried Gas Shok

So this is a highly debated subject but A friend of mine is the owner of a oil and fuel delivery business with over 250 trucks on the east coast. And he hates ethanol more than anyone i have ever seen and he also employs a few full time chemical engineers.
And he tells me to use THIS STUFF
I have nothing to back up any scientific evidence but i know he has spent more time and money on figuring this stuff out than I ever would have, so what he tells me to use is basically what i use.
What he told me was at the time of him recommending it that it was the only product on the market that actually kept the ethanol from separating and collecting at bottom of tanks and bowls when stored.

I only use ethanol free gas in my small engines though simply because it lasts longer in the tank before clogging up the tiny little idle circuits.