When Should I start Putting Stabil?

[TSCTSC]

I am still using my boat and hope to fish till the cold bitter end. I have sea foam or ring free in my tank at all times. When should I start putting Stabil in my gas? And can I do it when I have other additives in there?

Before winterizing, is there any other precautions I should take during this 1-2 months? What I mean is that, in the event of freezing temperatures, is there any other things I should do for now? THanks

[knoppers]

stabill will work just fine. I put that in my last tank of the year, and have no problems come the following spring. Its a good thing to run your motor out of gas, unplug the gas feed if you can, and let the motor run till it dies.

If you cannot unplug the gas line, like me, make sure the stabill has run enough through the motor, and your tank is low as possible, thn just fog your cylinders.

just make sure to fill up next spring with fresh gas thats why its important to get the other gas out.

[delmuts]

sounds like you are doing ok with things; i would just add is to lower the motor to vertical when you get home( if you have it tilted up) so any water can drain while not in use.

[Northlander]

Does it matter if its a 4 stroke rather than a 2 stroke? Anything you 4 stroke guys do different besides change oil and lower unit lube?

[SteveWilson]

Stabil is ment to be used with fresh gas. Add the appropriate amount of Stabil to the gas when you fill your tank. Adding Stabil to old gas doesn't help it.

[Animal]

I start running Stabil the last week in Sept. I too run to the bitter end and I never know when that is. Don't forget to drain you fuel bowls on the EFI's.

[Surface Tension]

If your going to be using your outboard into the freezing months do as delmuts pointed out and tilt your lower unit down to drain the water out. You should also be sure that your lower units gear case doesn't have any water in it. A quick check by removing the drain plug an looking for water or milky gear oil. Then when you decide its time to put it away for winter you can drain and refill.

This should be done with I/O drives and with an addition to draining the block and risers in between outings followed up by a complete winterizeation (new word?) come storage time.

[Borch]

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I am still using my boat and hope to fish till the cold bitter end. I have sea foam or ring free in my tank at all times. When should I start putting Stabil in my gas? And can I do it when I have other additives in there?

Before winterizing, is there any other precautions I should take during this 1-2 months? What I mean is that, in the event of freezing temperatures, is there any other things I should do for now? THanks

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If you're already using Seafoam you don't need the stabil added to the gas. Seafoam already has the fuel stabilizer in it. I don't know if the ringfree product has it or not. I start adding it in late October as I usually fish until then or maybe Nov.

[marine_man]

Ring free does not contain a fuel stabilizer

marine_man