Fuel Stabilizer

[Team Plutonium]

Quick question for the folks who store their car in the winter...

What brand of fuel stabilizer (if any) do you guys use?

And in case I get some posters telling me to just drive it.. I drove it for 2 winters, but it is simply too low now, and I really don't wanna change tires, or expose my new toys to insane amount of salt.

Thanks!

[schnell325]

I'm using this product

http://www.lucasoil.com/products/dis...id=84&loc=show

I've parked my M3 for the past four years using this, a full tank of chevron 94 and a trickle charger for the battery. Not an issue ever, starts like normal every spring.

[Team Plutonium]

^ Thank you!

[WingZeroX5]

sta-bil

used that for the bike and everything else. Trickle charger is a must too isnce you're storing it

[Team Plutonium]

Thanks! Yeah, got my trickle charger, and will fill up the tires to around 40-45 psi.

Here is another silly question: I assume I put in the fuel stabilizer before I fill her up, correct?

Thanks again!

[Amri215]

Stabil red..keeps the gas fresh for at least 1 year,,,use it in my loan mower, snow blower, etc.

Add before fill up, run the car to get it through the entire fuel system and you're good to go

[Team Plutonium]

Originally Posted by Amri215

Stabil red..keeps the gas fresh for at least 1 year,,,use it in my loan mower, snow blower, etc.

Add before fill up, run the car to get it through the entire fuel system and you're good to go

Cool. Thanks!

[mark896]

Posted in your other thread but, everytime I deploy, I fill my car with Shell premium and then dump an entire can of Seafoam into the tank then run the car for about 5 minutes before disconnecting the battery (or installing a charger). Seafoam works incredibly as a stabilizer.

Without fail, upon return, the car cranks immediately the first time and the entire tank of gas works great. I've done this and retained a full tank of gas for 18 months one time. Worked perfectly.

[Team Plutonium]

Originally Posted by mark896

Posted in your other thread but, everytime I deploy, I fill my car with Shell premium and then dump an entire can of Seafoam into the tank then run the car for about 5 minutes before disconnecting the battery (or installing a charger). Seafoam works incredibly as a stabilizer.

Without fail, upon return, the car cranks immediately the first time and the entire tank of gas works great. I've done this and retained a full tank of gas for 18 months one time. Worked perfectly.

Thanks, man!

[THE TECH]

Interesting since I will be dealing with this for the first time ever this year.

[Team Plutonium]

So after all this I decided against a fuel stabilizer. After talking to people who know more about theses engines than I do we agreed that any additives to a highly modified and tuned engine might be an issue and not worth the risk.

I'll leave very little in the tank, drive like a grandma to the gas station in spring, and fill it up with fresh gas before I beat on it.

[mark896]

Originally Posted by Team Plutonium

So after all this I decided against a fuel stabilizer. After talking to people who know more about theses engines than I do we agreed that any additives to a highly modified and tuned engine might be an issue and not worth the risk.

I'll leave very little in the tank, drive like a grandma to the gas station in spring, and fill it up with fresh gas before I beat on it.

Only problem with that, is when you leave a very small amount of gas in the tank, the empty space is very likely to develop condensation. This is baaaaaaad. This is solely the reason why I fill mine to the top with premium Shell and then add a can of Seafoam. Like I said, after over a year not only did the car crank up perfectly, but the entire tank of gas performed perfectly.

Just my .02

[Team Plutonium]

Originally Posted by mark896

Only problem with that, is when you leave a very small amount of gas in the tank, the empty space is very likely to develop condensation. This is baaaaaaad. This is solely the reason why I fill mine to the top with premium Shell and then add a can of Seafoam. Like I said, after over a year not only did the car crank up perfectly, but the entire tank of gas performed perfectly.

Just my .02

The issue is that I run a SC and a tune, not sure it would like any additives. In any case, I won't store it the full 3 months, if the weather is decent I'll take her out once in a while.

[Team Plutonium]

Anybody here ever used fuel stabilizer while running a supercharger or/and tune?

[mark896]

Originally Posted by Team Plutonium

Anybody here ever used fuel stabilizer while running a supercharger or/and tune?

I've run it on all my tuned cars. Tellin' ya man, I really don't think it's an issue.

Can't speak for all stabilizers, but Seafoam is petroleum-based and was originally engineered to unseize boat motors (hence the name 'Sea'foam). It's incredible stuff and is safe for everything modern (label clearly states it). Doesn't harm O2 sensors, MAP sensors, etc.

[M3SQRD]

Originally Posted by Team Plutonium

Anybody here ever used fuel stabilizer while running a supercharger or/and tune?

I used Stabil in my old e46 M3 which had a tune, and I use it in my e92 M3s (both have tunes).

[Team Plutonium]

Originally Posted by mark896

I've run it on all my tuned cars. Tellin' ya man, I really don't think it's an issue.

Can't speak for all stabilizers, but Seafoam is petroleum-based and was originally engineered to unseize boat motors (hence the name 'Sea'foam). It's incredible stuff and is safe for everything modern (label clearly states it). Doesn't harm O2 sensors, MAP sensors, etc.

Thanks for all your help, man!

Originally Posted by M3SQRD

I used Stabil in my old e46 M3 which had a tune, and I use it in my e92 M3s (both have tunes).

Great! Thanks!