On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:50:44 -0400, "Robert11"
wrote:

Helo:

Regarding the gas stabilizer Sta-Bil product, and winter storage of
lawnmowers, etc:

After running the tank, and hopefully most of the carb, dry, is it OK to put
a little
Sta-Bil in the empty tank and cranking over a few times to distribute ?

Or, is it too concentrated to be used safely this way ?

It depends on whether it will ignite in the spring. If not, you'll be
stuck trying to get it out of the carb so gasoline can get in.

Personally, I suspect if it it burnt well, it wouldn't be able to do
what it is supposed to do.

That's not to say it won't burn if a match is applied, but to burn in
a carb the liquid has to be very volatile. Kerosene burns too but
it's not volatile enough to burn in a carbureted engine. (I realize
now that I don't know how diesels work, but I don't think there are
any diesel lawnmoweres ??)

I wouldn't do it. I used Sta-bil in one lawn mower last fall, as
directed, and the mower started up fine the next year. I am tempted
to use it the whole second half of the summer, because in my
situationI can't predict which tank will be the last.


B.



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