My lawnmower repair service says otherwise, and I can almost believe them. You
should add fresh Stabil every so often, more frequent than every 12 months.
It's
cheap insurance when you consider the cost of a carb repair.

Sherwin D.

Eisboch wrote:

"sherwindu" wrote in message
...
Stabil treatment will not last forever. Certainly it will lose potency
over a
winter
layup. Getting out all the gas is good insurance. I have more confidence
in
products
like Mercury Quick Silver Cleaner, than I do in Stabil, although I still
use
Stabil in my
lawnmower gas. Maybe using both will be helpful.

Sherwin D.


A couple of claims from the Sta-bil website:

"STA-BIL stops the formation of varnish and prevents corrosion."

"One ounce of STA-BIL Fuel Stabilizer will keep 2-1/2 gallons of fuel fresh
for 12 months. Using twice the recommended dosage will keep fuel fresh for
up to 24 months."

Eisboch

Better have some good filters inline to catch all the junk that breaks off. The
carb
jets on a 4-stroke outboard are quite fine and it doesn't take much to block
them up.

Sherwin D.

Jack/Cast-Aways wrote:

Go to your local NAPA store and pick up a can of Sea Foam and dump the whole
can in the tank. It might take a couple of tanks to clean out the really
dirty systems. It'll keep your fuel system happy, and once you've cleaned
the system out, a few ounces every other tank will keep it clean.

"Roadrunner Newsgroup" wrote in message
...
Can anyone recommend a good carb cleaner fuel additive that works? I try
to run out all my fuel after use (with stabil in it) but I would like to
know if there is an additive that can remove the gum from the idle circuit
and float needle that eventually builds up. I have a 1972 50hp Johnson and
I have rebuilt the 2 carbs but it is starting to get a little gunked up
again. It's been 4 years since the rebuild. It is a freshwater Northern
boat that sits for the winter. One of the 2 float needles seems to stick
and free up now and then. Unfortunately it only gets used about 25 hours
per year.

Thanks in advance,

Steve

basskisser wrote:

I'd bet it's true. Walnut shells are a great cleaning medium and are
used a lot.

Some show had a thing about them being used for sandblasting. Something
about how they can get them the coarseness they want and they aren't near
as destructive as actual sand when blasting.

sam

Sam Hayes Merritt, III wrote:
basskisser wrote:

I'd bet it's true. Walnut shells are a great cleaning medium and are
used a lot.

Some show had a thing about them being used for sandblasting. Something
about how they can get them the coarseness they want and they aren't near
as destructive as actual sand when blasting.

sam

One of the finest hand cleaners I've found is Snap-on "Nitro Gold" it
uses finly ground walnut hulls for a grit media, instead of Pumice, or
sand. it doesn't clog up your drainds either.....

"Sam Hayes Merritt, III" wrote in message
...
basskisser wrote:

I'd bet it's true. Walnut shells are a great cleaning medium and are
used a lot.

Some show had a thing about them being used for sandblasting. Something
about how they can get them the coarseness they want and they aren't near
as destructive as actual sand when blasting.

sam


Yep.........and plenty of media to choose from when doing abrasive blasting.
It is not limited to sand.

From http://www.pfonline.com/articles/0605qf1.html

"Commonly available blast media includes agricultural materials such as
ground nut shells or starch grit, mineral substances like aluminum oxide or
silicon carbide, ceramic shot and grit, glass in the form of beads or
granular crushed glass, various plastics formed into beads or ground up into
angular particles and metals such as steel shot and iron grit. Today, all or
most of these media are engineered materials, formulated or processed to
emphasize useful characteristics for impact treatment. It should be noted
that some of the media in many of these categories of materials are
primarily marketed for outdoor or single-pass blasting operations versus use
in longer-cycle cabinet blast media delivery systems."

On some specialized precision parts, A local machine & die place here
uses powdered dry ice for blsting media. It costs like crazy, but is
very neat. it blasts away rust, and polish's at the same time. PLUC it
immediatly evaporates, not leaving any kind of grit in special oiling
channels or being embeded in rough castings on highly valuable
industrial parts.

Oh, it is EXPENSIVE! But I suppose worth it.





JimH wrote:

Yep.........and plenty of media to choose from when doing abrasive blasting.
It is not limited to sand.

From http://www.pfonline.com/articles/0605qf1.html

"Commonly available blast media includes agricultural materials such as
ground nut shells or starch grit, mineral substances like aluminum oxide or
silicon carbide, ceramic shot and grit, glass in the form of beads or
granular crushed glass, various plastics formed into beads or ground up into
angular particles and metals such as steel shot and iron grit. Today, all or
most of these media are engineered materials, formulated or processed to
emphasize useful characteristics for impact treatment. It should be noted
that some of the media in many of these categories of materials are
primarily marketed for outdoor or single-pass blasting operations versus use
in longer-cycle cabinet blast media delivery systems."