fuel stabilizer

[taylor]

anyone recommend any fuel stabilizers. cheers

[Exupnut]

Active 8.........(NOOOOOO ....DONT GO THERE EXUP) lol

[mobile mouse]

I have tried this you can get it only from Germany, it clean the fuel system well.

PROFI FUEL-MAX fuel system & carb. cleaner:


Cleans the carburettors while you are riding your motorbike, and protects the entire fuel system against verdigris formation and oxidation, thus avoiding a lot of costly workshop time from the outset.


Specially developed for bikes.
This fuel additive is suitable for storing your motorcycle over the winter.
Prevents clogging of the carburettor, and other problems.

Contains: 270 ml

[darrsi]

Active 8.........(NOOOOOO ....DONT GO THERE EXUP) lol

Little bit off the mark there, Activ8 is oil. 

[darrsi]

Active 8.........(NOOOOOO ....DONT GO THERE EXUP) lol

Little bit off the mark there, Activ8 is oil. 

12 days off work in very cold conditions,  hit the button,  started immediately.
It's good shit. 

[Fazafou]

If your petrol was going off in 12 days I'd change the petrol stations you visit.

[darrsi]

If your petrol was going off in 12 days I'd change the petrol stations you visit.

I'll say it again......Activ8 is OIL.
It stays on the walls of the engine, and is a friction reducer, so very good when the bike's not been used for a while.

[tychris523]

the best fuel stabilizer is fresh fuel

[Fazafou]

Say it as many times as you like, it is indeed oil, of the snake variety

[darrsi]

Say it as many times as you like, it is indeed oil, of the snake variety

That's your opinion, which you're entitled to, but actual my point was, Activ8 has nothing to do with petrol as it is added to your oil.

[Fazafou]

I must have missed something then, thought this thread was about fuel additives.

[darrsi]

I must have missed something then, thought this thread was about fuel additives.

Yep, you missed something, the OP asked about stabilizers and Activ8 was suggested, albeit incorrectly as that is not what it is designed for.
Then you randomly made a comment about my petrol going off, not sure where that came from, 'cos I never mentioned it? 

[BBROWN1664]

Taylor. Why do you think you need it?
How long are you leaving the fuel unused?

[taylor]

my neighbour who does up classic bikes was telling me to get some,  due to the new ethonal ? contents he is a nice bloke but a bit over the top sometimes, the bike is started every week in winter but only taken out when nice, it is in a shed also he was saying the fuel will go off over winter.??

[BBROWN1664]

Many of us leave our bikes through the winter (weeks or months at a time) on a trickle charge and never start them.

Makes no difference to the fuel if you start it or not. Fuel will go off eventually but we are talking months, not weeks.

[taylor]

ok thanks.

[chaz]

I still don't understand how petrol goes off? If it's sealed and not evaporating to any great amount, if it was 2 stroke then the oil ratio would increase if the petrol evaporated, my trike was unused for over 6 years and once I had got it started it ran perfectly, the reason it woudn't start was the the needle valve was stuck so no fuel was getting into the carb. I don't know if any additives are in petrol now or if its these that go off. Engines are hard to start if they have been stood.

[darrsi]

I still don't understand how petrol goes off? If it's sealed and not evaporating to any great amount, if it was 2 stroke then the oil ratio would increase if the petrol evaporated, my trike was unused for over 6 years and once I had got it started it ran perfectly, the reason it woudn't start was the the needle valve was stuck so no fuel was getting into the carb. I don't know if any additives are in petrol now or if its these that go off. Engines are hard to start if they have been stood.

[Fazafou]

Yep, you missed something, the OP asked about stabilizers and Activ8 was suggested, albeit incorrectly as that is not what it is designed for.
Then you randomly made a comment about my petrol going off, not sure where that came from, 'cos I never mentioned it? 

Actually you said Activ8 was just oil, not used for the oil, so the inference was it was still a fuel stabiliser due to the thread title. But we could be pedantic all day long so I'll leave it there

In short, what the above link is saying is that chemicals are always trying to find their most stable form. For fuel we don't want that as it needs to be relatively unstable for it to work the way it does.

The 'stabiliser' helps slow this effect, but will ultimately not stop it long term, but can also help reduce gums and varnishes forming. This isn't such an issue if you put Super in though as it contains the extra additives anyway

[bigbluebear]

I use this stuff....seems to work

[tony_d123]

I use Briggs & Stratton Fuel Fit, mainly for my classic bikes which may not run for many months. It also helps to reduce the water that modern ethanol based fuels absorb and rot tanks from the inside,


http://www.thegreenreaper.co.uk/Parts/Lubricants_and_Service_Kits/Fuel_Stabiliers/briggs-and-stratton-fuel-fit-fuel-stabiliser-250ml.html?cm_mmc=ShoppingSite-_-GoogleShop-_-null-_-null&gclid=CjwKEAiAlb6lBRCBw4jC-bb3uykSJAB55Ti9RNPXB9-tWUjBTw2W4gPVitiJCVYPbyyrjuEN2OFeYxoCgsLw_wcB

[Rev Chris]

The Briggs & Stratton STABILIZER FUEL ADDITIVE 992381 is good ( also reasonably priced) or Wurth fuel cure.