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fuel stabilizer
#1
anyone recommend any fuel stabilizers. cheers
sent from my carafan in tenby, Wink
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#2
Active 8.........(NOOOOOO ....DONT GO THERE EXUP) lol
Just flapping about on this stagnant little pond on the outer rim of the internet.....yup....  :-))
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#3
I have tried this you can get it only from Germany, it clean the fuel system well.

[color=rgb(71, 71, 71)]PROFI FUEL-MAX [/color]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.

[color=rgb(71, 71, 71)]Contains: 270 ml[/color]
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#4
(07-01-15, 10:40 PM)Exupnut link Wrote: Active 8.........(NOOOOOO ....DONT GO THERE EXUP) lol

Little bit off the mark there, Activ8 is oil.  :lol
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(08-01-15, 12:57 AM)darrsi link Wrote: [quote author=Exupnut link=topic=15680.msg179413#msg179413 date=1420666817]
Active 8.........(NOOOOOO ....DONT GO THERE EXUP) lol

Little bit off the mark there, Activ8 is oil.  :lol
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12 days off work in very cold conditions,  hit the button,  started immediately.
It's good shit.  Big Grin
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#6
If your petrol was going off in 12 days I'd change the petrol stations you visit.
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#7
(08-01-15, 07:07 AM)Fazafou link Wrote: 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.
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#8
the best fuel stabilizer is fresh fuel
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#9
Say it as many times as you like, it is indeed oil, of the snake variety Wink
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#10
(08-01-15, 10:07 AM)Fazafou link Wrote: Say it as many times as you like, it is indeed oil, of the snake variety Wink

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.
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#11
I must have missed something then, thought this thread was about fuel additives.
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#12
(08-01-15, 01:34 PM)Fazafou link Wrote: 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?  :rolleyes
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#13
Taylor. Why do you think you need it?
How long are you leaving the fuel unused?
Another ex-Fazer rider that is a foccer again
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#14
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.??
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#15
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.
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#16
ok thanks.
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#17
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.
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#18
(08-01-15, 10:02 PM)chaz link Wrote: 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.


http://www.voc.uk.com/net/docs/6.3/6.3-623-12.pdf
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(08-01-15, 01:45 PM)darrsi link Wrote: 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?  :rolleyes

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 Wink

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 Smile
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#20
I use this stuff....seems to work


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