My FIL was telling me that this one(1) small engine mechanic told him...
This guy(I've never met) told my FIL the leaving gas stored in a container or in a small engine over time(a season or longer) depleats the octane. So, when storing gasoline for long periods of time, you should buy higher octane(91-93) so by the time your ready to use the gas again in, oh, lets say the Spring, the gas will have dropped the octane rating down to about 89-87, per/say.
Now, as most member here at Bob's knows; that untreated(w/o fuel stabilizer) stored gasoline does go bad over a lone period of time but, what is it that goes bad?
In our household, we only store gasoline in the gastank(s) of the the small engines or stored car(summer car) for about 5-6 months. Each spring through fall, I store gas in the tank of the snowblower with a full tank. And the the very late fall to early spring, I do the same with the lawn mower. I don't seem to have any problems with any of them. I do use Sta-Bil in the fuel.
This small engine mechanic that my FIL is speaking of is the first guy that I have ever heard mention it this way(speaking of depleated OCTANE).
Can anyone elaborate on this?
This guy(I've never met) told my FIL the leaving gas stored in a container or in a small engine over time(a season or longer) depleats the octane. So, when storing gasoline for long periods of time, you should buy higher octane(91-93) so by the time your ready to use the gas again in, oh, lets say the Spring, the gas will have dropped the octane rating down to about 89-87, per/say.
Now, as most member here at Bob's knows; that untreated(w/o fuel stabilizer) stored gasoline does go bad over a lone period of time but, what is it that goes bad?
In our household, we only store gasoline in the gastank(s) of the the small engines or stored car(summer car) for about 5-6 months. Each spring through fall, I store gas in the tank of the snowblower with a full tank. And the the very late fall to early spring, I do the same with the lawn mower. I don't seem to have any problems with any of them. I do use Sta-Bil in the fuel.
This small engine mechanic that my FIL is speaking of is the first guy that I have ever heard mention it this way(speaking of depleated OCTANE).
Can anyone elaborate on this?
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