SEA FOAM OR STABIL?

[alabamabass]

Which is best for corrosion resistance and general keeping the fuel system clean.

I have used ethanol fuel on occasions (only resort) would you get a treatment for that too?

This is my first boat and it has to last thanks for your help  

[TRYTOFISH]

sta-bil is supposed to be better for moisture, bought some, havent used it yet. never had a problem with moisture yet. may get a suprise this year!

[Way2slow]

I've been using SeaFoam in every tank for several years in my DFI motor and will continue to use it.  I add one ounce per gallon about every three or four tanks to my carburated motors.   It's about the best stuff I've come across.  I only use it for it's cleaning properties and don't use it as a fuel stabalizer because I would never use fuel that old enough to need a stabalizer so I can't comment on how well it works in that department

[Wayne P.]

According to a Seafoam rep, the military uses Seafoam in vehicles that sit for long periods of time (years) that need to be ready at a moments notice for action. It works with all fuels. It removes and prevents carbon buildup, stabilizes fuel no matter what type, removes and prevents moisture buildup.

It will take care of your ethenol worries. Use it all the time.

I buy 5 gals of gasoline and treat it with Seafoam. It use that for the lawnmower, power washer, ATV, chain saw, weed eater, power hedge trimmer, and small outboard motor. Some of those engines will be unused for a year or more and will start up the same as with newly bought fuel. When I had a fiberglass bass boat, every fill-up was treated with Seafoam.

[Long Mike]

Just throwing in my two cents.  Star-Tron is a great product also.  It only requires an ounce or two per tank of gas. to accomplish the same thing as Sea-Foam.

[South FLA]

According to a Seafoam rep, the military uses Seafoam in vehicles that sit for long periods of time (years) that need to be ready at a moments notice for action. It works with all fuels. It removes and prevents carbon buildup, stabilizes fuel no matter what type, removes and prevents moisture buildup.

It will take care of your ethenol worries. Use it all the time.

I buy 5 gals of gasoline and treat it with Seafoam. It use that for the lawnmower, power washer, ATV, chain saw, weed eater, power hedge trimmer, and small outboard motor. Some of those engines will be unused for a year or more and will start up the same as with newly bought fuel. When I had a fiberglass bass boat, every fill-up was treated with Seafoam.

Same thing here

[DEISWERTH]

I use seafoam also. One question, I never really measure when I put it in. Can you use to much of it in a tank of gas? I have a 9 gallon tank, say I put in the required ammount and then only use 5 gallons, fill the tank back to 9 gallons and treat the whole 9 gallons again. Does it mattter? Thanks

Doug

[Wayne P.]

DEISWERTH, if you notice the application instructions, there is a fairly wide range of mixture ratios : One pint treats 8-25 gallons of fuel (ave. 1 oz. per gallon)

[Way2slow]

If using it for the first time in a motor and wanting to decarb it, I use two ounces per gallon for about 16 gallons.  Then for carburated I usually don't run it in every tank,  I one ounce per gallon every three to four tanks.  On my DFI motor I run 1/2 ounce per gallon in every tank full.

[bass or bass ?]

I've never heard of Sea Foam before. I used regular Sta-Bil last year. Had to have my carburator and fuel pump cleaned and rebuilt. Water in fuel. I was quite dissapointed and $600 poorer. I recently purchased Star-Tron, but haven't used it yet. Haven't had the boat out since the work done. I also bought some of the marine formula Sta-Bil, again,I haven't used any yet. My mechanic told me to make sure to fill up the boat tank on the way home so there's no room for condensation to form in tank while sitting between trips. I'll be going out next month for the first time since the work was done. Any other advice from you all will be greatly appreciated. I don't want another expensive repair bill. Thanks.     Happy fishing.

~B.A.S.S.~N.A.F.C.~BoatU.S.~

[Way2slow]

Keeping the tank filled is a left over from the old aluminum tanks. I try to only buy why I'm going to burn that trip. My boat has a 48 gallon tank and there is no way I want to try and dispose of that much gas. Like I mentioned before, since I'm not going every other weekend like I was before my Dad died, I pump mine out as soon as I get home and put it in one of my vehicles. Now, I will say this motor is a 99 225 Ficht and they are very critical about trying to run old gas, it will cause an injector to slow down, lean out and burn a piston. I even disconnect my fuel line and connect a small portable tank with no more than a gallon or so of fresh gas with seafoam and I run the motor on the hose or in the tank every couple of weeks when It's going to sit.

Check with most any parts store, they should have SeaFoam. I bought 10 cases a couple of years ago for $2.90 a can and still have a few cases left so I haven't bought any recently to say what it cost a can now.

As for water in the fuel, more than likely you got that out of the gas pump you bought fuel.  With the alcohol in fuels today, it holds water and assorbs water as it's agitates it in the ground tank.  You buy it and it sits in you boat tank without being aggitated, it settles to the bottom of you fuel tank.  It also desolves the old shelac build up in the tank and fuel system and passes that into your carbs.  I would recommend getting a fuel/water seperator and filter and install in your boat and change the filter a couple of times a year.

[bass or bass ?]

I don't have a fuel/water seperator, but I had just installed a new metal and glass filter with the removable filter element before that last trip. My tank is an 18 gallon steel tank. I just pulled it from the boat today and inspected the interior. It looks beautiful. No rust or contaminants. Do you think it's wise to keep it topped off between trips

? I usually go about 4 to 6 weeks between trips . Thanks.

[burleytog]

Sea Foam is approx. $6.50/can at Walmart.  I run a can through both of my vehicles every month and a can/5 gallons through my mowers.  I've got a 12 gallon tank and usually put in a can every time I fill up.