Stabil vs. Sea Foam

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#16 Post by **HandymanHerb** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 8:40 pm

Thanks and Welcome

#17 Post by **badmoonrising** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:00 pm

I have serious doubts that any product can restore the crappy gas we are forced to use these days for more than 3 months, 3 years ? I say BS. I just winterized the Party Cruiser, put Startron (blue) in the tank first and took it for a cruise 'til I burned the tank down to 1/4. Took it out of the water, warmed it up to the temp guage read 165, hooked up the antifreeze tank, drained the fuel tank and ran it until it started sputtering...as soon as it did, a squirt of fogging oil down the carb and hope I have no issues next spring

Changed the oil while it was warm and now I am in the process of cleaning inside and out.

Parasympathetic · #18 Post by **Parasympathetic** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:52 pm

BMR, speaking of antifreeze, how much does your merc hold? I put 4 gal into a five gallon bucket.....and it only pulled up 2 gal.

#19 Post by **badmoonrising** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:08 am

I put 4 gallons in, and it pulls up about 2 - 2 1/2.

Parasympathetic · #20 Post by **Parasympathetic** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:05 am

Thanks, then I'm OK. It was the 1st time I'd done it this way and I wasn't sure.

#21 Post by **badmoonrising** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:17 am

As long as the water coming out is pink (or whatever color antifreeze you use), you're fine. The pink I use is rated to -50 degrees and our average winter temps are above freezing, coldest it's ever gotten here is in the teens and that's pretty rare.

WaltF · #22 Post by **WaltF** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:33 pm

Ya, i ran 4 gallons of the -50 through mine. Pink was coming out within the first couple gallons....

Hopefully the seafoam works for me this winter...
It worked last year and i think we had the 'crappy' gas then too...

Guess ill move to the Startron (blue) next year?....

UPDATE: Was just reading the Startron site and it sounds like it does the same engine cleaning thing as Seafoam, so now im curious....
Why use Seafoam at all BMR?

#23 Post by **badmoonrising** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:02 pm

WaltF wrote:Ya, i ran 4 gallons of the -50 through mine. Pink was coming out within the first couple gallons....

Hopefully the seafoam works for me this winter...
It worked last year and i think we had the 'crappy' gas then too...

Guess ill move to the Startron (blue) next year?....

UPDATE: Was just reading the Startron site and it sounds like it does the same engine cleaning thing as Seafoam, so now im curious....
Why use Seafoam at all BMR?

After I was told to only use Startron and never Seafoam with E-10, I only use Seafoam for cleaning carbon out of my engines, not as a stabilizer. It works well for that.

WaltF · #24 Post by **WaltF** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:52 am

Right...
It just sounds like Startron will clean the engine just like Seafoam, and i was thinking why buy 2 products..

dockholiday · #25 Post by **dockholiday** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:58 pm

Just thought I would pass this along.........a few said they were having problems locating the marine (blue) stabil. Found some at autozone today, advance auto didn't have it. Glad they were close together.
doc

#26 Post by **badmoonrising** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 6:15 pm

It's everywhere here, West Marine had a ton of it.

Parasympathetic · #27 Post by **Parasympathetic** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:46 pm

thanks for the tip doc. I'll try our local Autozone.

mjlyn · #28 Post by **mjlyn** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:26 pm

I got my Blue Stabil at Bass Pro Shops.....couldnt find it anywhere else around here.-

#29 Post by **badmoonrising** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:58 pm

Our local Wal-Mart had a ton of it today. I am winterizing Cheryl's scooter, the fishing boat, power washer, and generator and am using it in all of them.

dockholiday · #30 Post by **dockholiday** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:01 pm

badmoonrising wrote:Our local Wal-Mart had a ton of it today. I am winterizing Cheryl's scooter, the fishing boat, power washer, and generator and am using it in all of them.

Didn't check at walmart, what are they selling it for? think i paid the typical 9.99 @ autozone
doc

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