"William Andersen" wrote in message
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I run both my lawn mower and weed whacker out of fuel in the fall, then
clean them and put them away for the winter. If I have any fuel left in the
gas cans, I add it to my car or motor home while it's still fresh. I don't
like the idea of keeping gas in containers in the shed all winter.

"HK" wrote in message
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JR North wrote:
Just fired up Cruis'n Rulz! after sitting all winter with a full tank
of primo. Ran well, no problems. JR

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:17:18 -0400, HK wrote:

I wonder.

My two stroke chainsaw fired up on the second pull today. I haven't
used it for about a year, and there was still gasoline/oil mix in its
tank.
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I sure like that old truck you've kept up and restored.




Maybe it's just a ritual offered to gas engine gods, but in the fall I treat
all the remaining gas in my various toy's tanks with Stabil and forget about
them for the winter. Last fall I shut my Scag riding mower off in one of
the horse paddocks that I was mowing and there it sat all winter through
rain, snow, freezing weather, etc.. It has two tanks. One side was almost
empty, the other was half full. I had already put a small amount of Stabil
in the tanks the last time I filled them, anticipating that it would soon be
retired for the winter.

Today I went down, tried to start it and of course the battery was dead.
Jumped it, using the battery in the JD Gator, and it turned over about 4
times and fired right up. Let it run on fast idle for a minute or two, then
pulled the throttle back to dead slow. The engine just purred along with no
hic-ups or stalling. Drove it away and it ran fine.

I believe in Stabil. But, you have to add it when the gas is still fresh.
You can't re-vitalize or stabilize gas that has already gone stale.

Eisboch