Amsoil Saber 2-cycle oil and gas preservative?

[btanchors]

According to Amsoil, Saber 2-cycle oil has gas preservative in it. If I mix up a couple of gallons of fresh gasoline with Saber used at a 50:1 ratio, how long can the gas/oil mix be safely used in my equipment?

Stabil claims it preserves gas for up to one year - I am hoping the Saber/gas mix will stay useful for perhaps 6 months. Is this reasonable? I don't want to gum up the carburetors in my equipment.

 

[dave123]

Why mix a couple of gallons and not just a gallon at a time to shorten shelf life.

 

[OneEyeJack]

...or even less.

 

[Dufus2]

I mix the old Saber product 85:1 in a quart bottle and use it up in a month to keep fresh fuel in my string trimmer. The other additive is PI-SE that goes in my fuel can all summer long to prevent the ethanol problems of phase separation... My experience is that fuel can give you problems after 6-months using the Amsoil products; my snow-blower gets all gunked up in late summer if it is not run a few minutes and refueled.

 

[Click]

Ive used the Amsoil Saber at 100-1 for over 30 years, before it was even called Saber. With today's 87 octane 10% ethanol gas in my cars and mowers, I use the same gas with my Saber for John Deere leaf blower, string trimmer and chain saw. Every one of them when Im done in the fall, I hang them up , with fuel in them. Come spring, everyone of them start up with 3 or 4 pulls. Ive never had any of them apart for any maintainence at all. They run full throttle when Im using them and idle down smoothly. I mix one gallon at a time but still each of them have fuel over the winter 5 months and have never gummed up. So what the OP heard is true, Saber acts like its own preservative.

 

[Dick in Falls Church]

The Saber with the Quickshot in it ids designed to protect for a season., not long-term storage. I'd suggest you mix no more than what you will use within a couple of months, though I'm sure it will last longer. You'll probably get better performance if you mix it at 85-100 to 1, as recommended.