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tc1917(at)bellsouth.net
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 Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:26 am Post subject: ethenol |
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I know most of you think I am just pulling someone's chain about Sta-bil and
its ethanol additive. I have been using it in most all my stuff since it
came out. (used the stuff from a marine supplier first, same stuff) I
bought some alki mixed gas -- about all we have here, checked it for alki
with my olive/water bottle checker and yep, ten percent or thereabouts. Put
1/2 ounce of sta-bil for ethanol in it and checked it again. Wow, showed NO
alki. The bubbles and stuff settled quicker and the water DID NOT MIX and
the alki stayed mixed just like the web site said. That means that as long
as the alki stays mixed with the gas, it cannot hurt you. If it comes
unmixed as it does without the sta-bil, you got water collection time and a
good chance of chewing up a large chunk of alki straight to your pistons.
That of course, might lead to a very dry situation in the cylinder and a
stuck piston or at least some stuck rings. So, gents, what I am saying is
that this stuff really works. Anybody out there that is willing to take the
chance without it, well, you gonna find out how right I am sooner or later.
You WILL get scuffed pistons and the like without the additive. Besides
that, it supposedly keeps the fuel from degrading and I gotta tell you, in
this weird cold/hot/wet/dry weather we are having of late, well, it
definately stablizes it cause my 912 starts right up and that is better than
last year. I have already had to replace the gas lines in my garden tractor
because of that alki. Using it all the time now. Try it, you'll like it.
Ted Cowan, Alabama, Slingshot, 912UL.
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jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:29 am Post subject: ethenol |
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Two Cyclers,
Another option is to use Opti-2. I have been using it for several years.
It is smoke free, contains a fuel stabilizer, and it is ethanol compatible.
You can check it out at:
http://www.opti2-4.com
More snow.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:34 am Post subject: ethenol |
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> Another option is to use Opti-2. I have been using it for several years.
| Quote: | It is smoke free, contains a fuel stabilizer, and it is ethanol
compatible.
You can check it out at:
http://www.opti2-4.com
More snow.
Jack B. Hart FF004
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Jack:
$15.00 a quart (actually 34 oz) is too spendy for me, 2 or 4 stroke.
How does "chemical rebuild" work?
john h
mkIII
Cabin fever!
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jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:40 am Post subject: ethenol |
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At 10:30 AM 1/13/09 -0600, you wrote:
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Jack:
$15.00 a quart (actually 34 oz) is too spendy for me, 2 or 4 stroke.
How does "chemical rebuild" work?
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John,
I buy it in the five gallon pails. Cuts the cost about in half. As far as
the "chemical rebuild", I don't know. It appears to be a detergent
additive. I don't see a need for it in a 2-cycle engine.
Supposed to get more snow tomorrow, and then the temperature is to drop well
below zero over the weekend. Looks like more basement shop and read a book
time.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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Jim Baker
Joined: 30 Mar 2006
Posts: 181
Location: Sayre, PA
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:34 pm Post subject: ethenol |
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| Quote: | Another option is to use Opti-2. I have been using it for several years.
It is smoke free, contains a fuel stabilizer, and it is ethanol compatible.
You can check it out at:
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This is not an ad for OPTI-2...though that is what I also use....but
rather an endorsement of what a good 100:1 oil will do for you. 500
hours and absolutely no coke or carbon. No teardowns to de-
carbon...there isn't any. Only one spark plug change at 350 hrs, and
didn't really need to do that since plugs looked like a four stroke's
would.
The dirty secret of almost all 50:1 oils is that they are cut about
25 to 30% with Stoddards solvent to promote miscibility...and here
you thought it was all lubricant. In reality the 50:1 oils are
running about 65-70:1 ratios, fuel to lubricant.
Jim Baker
580.788.2779
405. 426.5377 cell
Elmore City, OK
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