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Wow Scott I had my Honda (302k) sitting since 10/16 I actually ask you a question about it on a live.. I finally figured out what was wrong, and fixed it. I started it this June and it ran like a dream very smooth. I had 3/4 tank of 2 yr old gas which ran with no problems. Next time I'll try that stabilizer...
Could also be this 'bug' I keep hearing about people have been infected with. I didn't think it was that easy to get sick when we're enduring 90°+ temps but it's spreading like wildfire.
I hope not here. In a previous video he said he got sick while being in England. From what we know from history, diseases and flus don't care for international boundaries.
drifthunterFIN I mean he has been working on cars for longer then you been alive so he is allowed to give his opinion more then you😂 my Toyota has 322k miles So yea it’s good car.
Hi Scotty, I believe the colors are a throwback from the old aviation days, when octane was critical in aircraft engines. Red=80, Blue=100, Green=115, Purple=145 and jet fuel was clear. A pilot would know immediately if the wrong type was pumped into the fuel tanks or if there was water in the fuel. Great videos!!
Once I started a car with fuel that was sitting there for 8 years ... it knocked hard, I could hear it. This was a very old car with carburetor and a fuel filter that could be manually removed. I used it for several years as a young driver, had no problems after I put in new fuel.
I appreciate what you're telling all of us, but my experience with old gasoline was different. My Mom's 1991 Nissan Pathfinder sat in the heat and snow in Carson City, NV for 4 1/2 years with a little less than 1/4 tank of gas. There was no fuel stabilizer in the tank. Two of the tires were so cracked that they wouldn't hold air. Everyone said to drain out the gas tank and clean it out. But much to my surprise, it started right up. I noticed it did run a bit rough. I filled it with premium and drove it back to Los Angeles where it passed the California smog test. That was back in 2006. I never cleaned out gas tank and am using the same fuel pump. It's still running very well in November, 2018.
Do you think the gas in the tank was non ethanol or with ethanol? Makes a big difference for fas that sits. Spoils much quicker with the Ethanol pulling water in
After been in car related businesses for over 30 years and I am always amazed how spot, on right on correct you are Scotty ! Plus I love the many pictures in the upper right hand corner. They crack me up.
Johnny 1911 military is a good example for this video and product because most public servants get to come home at the end of the day while in the military they get deployed out of country for 6 months to a year+.
blueviper 7171 roblox Actually it is an old t bird. I took it off the road and was hanging on to the car for my son that said he wanted it when I went electric. Well 7 years later that son still isn't driving so it sits under a cover in the garage and is started every 3 months and warmed up. Hopefully he will start driving and actually appreciate a real collector car.
Scotty! You saved me! We have an early 2000s Buick LeSabre. Used to be driven all the time but now it's a secondary car. Every time we took it out and drove it more than 50 miles or took it on a shopping trip where we'd make plenty of stops/park/start it agains - on the trip home it wouldn't backfire but the car would start to feel weird. I'd be driving along and it would feel like someone took a baseball bat and hit me right under my seat. We knew it was the gas but we didn't know exactly what was wrong. I took it to several mechanics and they'd just shrug. Sometimes we'd get a lot of white smoke coming out of the back until I ran the car about 5-10 minutes as well. Once you explained that the alcohol was evaporating or getting corrupted it all made sense. THIS TIME I put fresh gas in the car before we went on our big shopping trip and it drove back and forth like a dream. I bought the Stabil and now I'm going to put that in every time I fill up and let the car sit for a bit. Thanks again! You're a genius!
Great advice Scotty. If you are going to store your vehicle for an extended period of time (over 3 months) Several mechanics I've spoken with also recommend that you use the STA-BIL and fill up your gas tank with NON-ETHANOL gasoline. It costs a little more than regular gas with ethanol, but it lasts a LOT longer without breaking down or attracting water in your gas tank. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Thankfully I'm near the "County Line" where, if I cross it, Premium Non-Ethanol Gasoline is frequently available... Been meaning to do the same combo for Winter 2023-2024. Just for added precaution. Noticed some Short/Long Term tests of several Stabilizers on RUclips recently and looks like Sta-bil 360 (Geared for treating Regular/Daily Driver Type Equipment that uses Ethanol Blended Fuels for up to 12 months) and various other Stabilizers were able to work as advertised keeping the E10 Regular 87 Octane from becoming a gummy corroded mess when stored for "Winter" (say 5 months). 360 was also the last Stabilizer Additive still standing (lost to an Engineered No Ethanol Fuel which didn't show any fuel breakdown) after 19 months of starting/exercising the engine and fuel. 360 did show degraded fuel but it had also exceeded its stated treatment period and was still performing better then others... Some/Many of the Stabilizers claimed up to 24 month treatment but after just 5 months some weren't even able to do better then Regular E10 without any additives (which during those tests did surprisingly well both long and short term.) As he mentioned... if you know it's going to sit for an extended time giving it a Shot of Stabilizer, draining, or "topping off" with fresh(er) fuel is a good idea. Protect the fuel system and keep it ready for "Spring"/"Winter". Since this Video went online Sta-bil Storage has gone to a 24 month treatment level (vs 12).
Everything you said is 100% correct but you forgot to mention you can find a fuel station that sells non-ethonal fuel and then add stabile which is a lot less likely to attract water ( I know all fuel attracts water especially diesel and ethonal fuel ) and it doesn’t gel up like ethonal fuel. This is what I use in all my quads, mx bikes and small engine equipment I have at my house. Non-ethonal cost more but you have less chance of it gumming up, also when you clear your carbs of fuel it can dry out seals and the plunger so don’t forget to start up every so often.
Great overview of most car related issues. Just wish I had the patience to take on large jobs. And Scotty is right about new cars, working on older cars (pre-1990) is so much easier. BTW, gas is different in each state. Gas from CA sucks! Too many additives to meet EPA requirements. Gas in TX is so much better and cheaper. Glad we live in the same state, Scotty.
Great piece. I have an 85 Supra that sometime sits for a year or more between periods of running. She always starts right up. The latter portion of your video hits home perfectly. I do use Lucas fuel stabilizer and oil stabilizer as often as possible. Thanks for all your great informative videos! =)
Good video, when I was deployed to Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm I had an 82 mustang gt and I filled the tank full and put in Marvel Mystery oil, disconnected the battery and was deployed for 6 months came back charged the battery and she ran fine
Poor rich Jay Leno who earned every dollar from years of stand-up gigs and being selected to replace Carson on the tonight show (a nightly show like that is a real grind to keep it fresh). As to Leno's cars, I suspect he and Bernard know how to keep them in good condition and counter the effects of modern gasoline.
Last car I stored I drained the tank and ran the engine dry. Several years later I simply used fresh gas after I rolled the engine over to get the oil pressure up. Yes, I gave each cylinder a squirt of oil! I filled the floats of the carb and the tank with fresh gas and it fired right up. I remove the alcohol from a couple gallons of gas and use it in my lawn tools, brush cutters and chain saws before I put them away for the season. Then I empty the tanks and run them dry. No trouble starting them the following season. Several videos on the tube showing how to remove the alcohol from gas.
My WG Jeep GC in AU is sometimes not driven for months but I start it and run to op temp each weekend. I also add some octane booster once a month. When its driven its always 200 -300 km open road and goes like a dream.
Jay Leno was talking about this a few years back. He had to have many of his cars engines rebuilt due to spoiled fuel sitting in the fuel system for to long
Dave Reiland If he tried to start these cars with bad fuel it could have damaged more than just the fuel system. Unlikely, but completely possible. I would assume Jay Leno knows better though.
My sister had a car wreck back in the 1980s and had regular leaded gasoline in the tank. It sat for about 4 years before we finally hauled it off to the auto salvage yard, but I drained all the gas that was still in the tank and used it in my lawn mower. That lawn mower ran better than it had ever in its entire life on that old gas. We also had a John Deere tractor that ran on propane that sat for 8 years... It was parked in the barn and I needed to get it out of the way one day, so put a new battery in it and it cranked right up with only one turn of the flywheel.
Well said SCOTTY , this pump gas of now days can't Handel the heat ( vapor lock crazy in the old motors ) I just started a 68 SS 396 after sitting in a shed for 37 years it had a 1/2 tank of fuel in it ( good old leaded gas with a extra heavy dose of NIRTO 9 ) it fired right up the GAS LIVED !!! I don't know if it was the lead or the NIRTO 9 or the combination that kept it alive .
I guess that's why my one friend always buys leaded gas (available at a pump at a racetrack near him as high octane race fuel) for his old Cutlass, as he doesn't drive the thing around too often
My pop and I only use non ethanol gasoline in our vehicles ,tractor and small equipment...ethanol chemically trashes fuel systems and becomes water...burns faster...thank God we have a large gas station here that only sales non ethanol gasoline all 3 octane grades if you wanted or needed...✌ my Pop is retired mechanic, born 1946
Say What!? Is it okay to use a 3 months old, premium gasoline? It’s 95 octane with 10% ethanol.. because i forgot to put fuel stabilizer. I’m worried 😢😞😪
Thanks for the kick in the butt Scotty! I'm guilty of harboring the gas in my 1973 Ford Pinto (while stored) for way too long! Now you got me motivated to drain the tank & start over. Thanks Buddy!
Just put some archoil fuel additive in. I let my car sit for 6 months or more and it started right up. This does not mean I did not get some varnish, etc, and I should not have done this, but I got away with it.
I have a truck that sits most of the time, I drive it once a week just to keep things moving. I use ethanol free. I also keep a full tank, and so far I've had a really good luck just running ethanol-free.
I always use Stabil in my lawn equipment gas. Even when I'm using them regularly in the summer. This way I know it's good for long down time intervals and over the winter. When spring comes, I charge the batteries and they start right back up like the last time used. Cheap insurance against varnish cause by deteriorated gas.
X-Man It was bought in 72, it is not qualufied for the 'worst' moment... at one point it stood in place outside for about 25 whole years without being touched and it still works... Now when I think about it, we used to have a Ford Sierra that stood for about 10 years and it fired up like nothing and we drove it for another 10 years without problems, before we sold it. Similar story with my Saab. Do you live in USA? Maybe we have purer petrol in Europe.
Hey Scotty you always know what you're talking about and I appreciate when you tell us things that we need to know to save us money and headache's as customer's will appreciate your honesty so thankyou and keep doing a wonderful and most excellent job.
Hey Scotty, I watched this video and then went out to get some stp gas treatment for my 99 Sierra that wouldn’t stay running for over 2 seconds. Now she’s up and running for the first time in 8 months.
I would try to source ethanol free fuel if you wanted to store it for an extended period. Its sold as Boat Fuel, or Recreation fuel. Add stabil to that.
Also you ever try to store gas in a sealed container? When the temp changes the can can really expand, like the side walls are ready to blow of the gas tank. Or sucked in.
Just my two cents here. I'm 67 years old and remember the gas lines of the early 1970's very well. It took the government a couple of months to get the odd even plate number system working. That was in order to make the gas hoarders, which were mostly the cause of the lines, to stop constantly keeping their tanks full. Whether there really was a gas shortage or not is beside the point. If you needed gas at that time, chances are, you waited in long lines for it. Ever since those days I make it a point to keep 100 gallons of gas in a garden shed in 5 gallon cans just like the one Scotty showed in this video. I put 3oz of Sea Foam fuel stabilizer in each can and fill my Jeep up (my other cars is a VW diesel) out of this stock. It takes about six months to rotate through this supply but sometimes I screw up and find a year old can of gas or even older and never have I had a problem with the gas not burning ok. I use this in my small engine stuff as well. I agree we don't need ethanol in gasoline but since we can't make the stuff we have to deal with the reality of the situation. In short todays gas is a very good product and if treated has a very long shelf life.
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I would never put stable in any vehicle if you look at the stable bottle after it's been sitting for several months it is lined with gunk. Several motorcycle repair shops do not recommend using stabile. Instead you should use seafoam which does not Gunk up your fuel system it is a much better product.
I let my 90 Camry v6 sit between 1-2 years in the driveway at my home in Pennsylvania. I went out, started it up, drove to North Carolina and back no problem.
G,Day Scotty in Australia we dont have E10 Pre mixed if you choose to buy it its cheaper to buy i use half 91 octane an half 98 octane never will use E 10 as it not good in my Gold Wing but i use 91 in my Honda CRV and 98 Octane .cheers.Mate .
Thanks for all the helpful videos Scotty, I appreciate your time in doing so, you've helped a lot of people out there with all your automotive knowledge.
My boat has been sitting for at least a year and a half with gas in the tank. I did put fuel stabilizer in the tank every time I filled up, but I started her up and she ran fine on 1 1/2 year old gas. (FYI it IS a 2 stroke so maybe the oil is helping here a little bit)
I have a plug in Hybrid Hyundai Sonata. So I put over 2k miles and still have less than half a tank of gas to go. I hope the gas doesn't go bad before refilling. It's tough to not look at Gas Stations. I can go 27mi on electric and Hybrid on long distance. Like your videos
*Mr. Kilmer, thank you for informing the masses how to properly stabilize the fuel in gasoline powered vehicles before a long overseas deployment ...or parking the car for a truck driver's typical multi-month cross continent driving tour.*
I discovered your videos less than a month ago. I'm addicted to them. I can hear your mostly over that cold, but you still have remnants of it. I'm glad your feeling better.
I had my wife's Vulcan 900 sitting under a tarp, on a battery trickler for 3 years. Before storing it, I was having trouble getting it to run right, so, I just filled up the tank, threw gas stabilizer in it, covered it up and hooked the battery up. 3 years later, wife said to just get rid of the bike. Battery was toast-big surprise. Pulled the tank off and drained it and filled with fresh gas. Changed the plugs, which were the initial problem with it running bad. Sold the bike for a good price because it had low mileage. I guess the stabilizer did the trick since it ran great after sitting.
Ozzstar why? Ethanol is a cheaper to produce octane booster. That way, gas manufacturers don't have to refine the oil as much. It's really only a problem if you let your car sit for too long. And even base gasoline doesn't last forever, thanks to the additives in it, so it's not ethanol fault.
+hypershadow corn farmers love ethanol because they makes lots of money. That crap melts away rubber fuel lines. More fuel has to be burned than just using gasoline without ethanol to get the same fuel mileage. It also doesn't smell good and gives people headaches. It's the MSG of gasoline, filler garbage.
hypershadow5g Ethenol isnt any cheaper. Thats what they want you to believe by jacking up the prices for non ethanol. E10 doesnt cost anymore than regular did before they made it manditory. Ethanol does damage plastic and rubber components in the fuel system over time. Any car built before 2008 or so will have issues with its fuel system at some point if run on E10 for an extended amount of time. Cars after this time are said to have been built to run on E10. Only time will tell if thats true or not though. Also, ethanol does accelerate the degradation of fuel because it absorbs water and will actually seperate from the rest of the fuel. And then what ends up happening, because water is heavier than gasoline, is that the water will settle at the bottom of the fuel tank where the fuel pump is and then when you go to crank your engine its just sucking up water. Which is bad. And also, as already stated ethanol doesnt burn as efficiently as pure gasoline thus you burn more E10 than non ethanol fuel. Because of the price hike on non ethanol in an effort to phase it out, it isnt worth the price difference anymore but if the prices werent artificially jacked up non ethanol would be a cheaper more efficient fuel to burn.
Ethanol is the result of political lobbying only, it has no real-world benefit....please do a deep-dig research on this. Ethanol eats up all manner of polymer and rubber hoses....and it *decreases* gas mileage. And your car doesn't run as well. Altogether "not good".....for a food product better used as a food. If anything, the trend is in the wrong direction. Today's fuels are 10% ethanol and efforts are underway to make it 15% .
Goran Kulić it clogs up and you lose throtle response and starve your engine of gas. I changed the fuel filter on my 99 Mustang GT recently and it had been a LONG time since it was changed and when I tipped the filter, black old dirty gas poured out the end of it! Change that thing out!
Goran Kulić it just clogs up fuel flow to the injectors. If sediment eventually worked its way through a faulty filter it'll clog up your fuel injectors too, so no/not enough fuel gets to affected cylinders
I have an ethenol related question. The black gunk inside the fuel flap. Years ago the inside of the fuel door just got ordinary road grime. Now more and more I see what appears to be black or green mold. Are organisms thriving on the ethanol now being added? Are they in the tank as well?
My truck sat for year on 1/2 a tank. Thing was cranky when i fired her up. Burned that fuel out, bought new fuel. Floored it a few times hauling butt down the road with a load, loaded down trailer, runs fine. Not saying its the wisest thing to do, but it works for me. Truck handles a bit of abuse and still keeps going.
Thanks Scotty, very informative. Not just cars and motorcycles, but other small engines are affected by old gas. I run my lawn mower and tiller dry rather than leaving them with even treated gas overwinter. I have a gasoline generator for emergency power but left it too long with a full tank of treated gas. When I needed it, of course it wouldn’t start! Fuel line to the gas cock was full of gunky slime. Now I leave it dry of gas and keep rotating-out a gas can filled with treated gas every six months.
Well I was thinking if I had the car sit for too long (and gas tank wasn't completely full) because I was a "bad boy" then I would just have a friend drive me to the gas station and I'd fill up my gas tub and bring it back to fill up my car! But since I'm a "good boy", I shouldn't have to worry about that, Scotty :P
Good luck man, and have fun with it. Don't let the tough times get you down. And there will be a lot of those, like a lot. I'm only 24, and i feel 30 something. I rarely sleep, i've spent more time overseas than i have in the states. Most people aren't that lucky, just find yourself a good group of friends and everything will be okay.
Scotty said one way is to run the tank dry until the motor stops. That might be okay for carburetted cars but I doubt that it's good to let the fuel pump, injector pump and injectors run with no fuel, which acts as a coolant and lubricant. Plus there will always be a pool of fuel in the tank that the pickup tube cannot reach. So then you would have a tank that is 98% air and a bit of fuel that will evaporate and turn to varnish.
I could never understand why the EPA made us put ethanol in our gasoline. The additive burns slightly cleaner but it is more expensive to make and you burn more of it due to the different air fuel ratios of gasoline and ethanol. With modern 3 way cats on our cars, what comes out of the tail pipe is really not all that bad compared to just 15 short years ago. What I find ironic is that the process of making a lithium ion battery actually does more damage to the planet then driving a normal car getting 30 mpg. Electric cars are dumb, we should get into hydrogen powered cars.
If only it were possible to scale nuclear reactors down to the size needed for cars. Fuel might be pricey but if you only have to refuel every 18 months or so it could potentially catch on. Theres enough naturally present material in the ocean to produce fuel for generations. Theres just the (super) important question of overall safety, practicality, crash safety, etc...
It cost $8 a gallon to produce ethanol, it does not make sense, car engines were not made to burn ethanol, it corrode the engine. but it make the farmers happy and subsidize that equal to votes, purely political , this practice not even approved by environmental wackos
@@transformer889 Because, genius, every liter of ethanol in fuel is another liter that doesn't need to be imported from Middle East or another dubious source...
There are a number of videos that talk to fuel going bad and recommending various methods of avoiding problems, especially with small engines (2 and 4 cycle). I have never, ever done anything special to "winterize" any of my small engines and have never had a problem with "stale" fuel. Last year I sold a chainsaw that had been sitting for five years. When the buyer wanted to run it I went to get some fresh fuel but he started and ran it before I had gone ten feet. I could cite many other instances but suffice it to say the stale fuel myth is overblown.
I remember parking cars under the bridge in the winter disconnecting the battery and picking it back up in spring. We did not have fuel issues back then. In fact it was the blizzard of 93 when we had snow drifts higher than a two story house. It was amazing to see as a nine year old.
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How about diesel ? Are there any risks regarding it?
Wow Scott I had my Honda (302k) sitting since 10/16 I actually ask you a question about it on a live.. I finally figured out what was wrong, and fixed it. I started it this June and it ran like a dream very smooth. I had 3/4 tank of 2 yr old gas which ran with no problems. Next time I'll try that stabilizer...
Best of health Scotty Kilmer
Your cold seems to be getting better.
I miss that Steve Perry voice..
No idea why I keep watching these videos but for some reason it's always late at night
TromboneLoki haha same here when I drinking!!
i do the same lol
LOL
they're addictive!
Same here
Scotty, you sound ill. Hope you're doing okay. I really enjoy your videos!
Get well soon scotty❤️
Oh that's cool, I'm subscribed to PF as well. Learn a lot from both of you guys.
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Scotty smoked a fat joint before making this video
Never run your newer vehicles out of fuel a lot of fuel pumps in the tank use the gasoline for a lubricant you may damage your fuel pump.
that's Scottys frase
As coolant also
You need a break to allow your voice to get better. You really pump out the videos...
Could also be this 'bug' I keep hearing about people have been infected with. I didn't think it was that easy to get sick when we're enduring 90°+ temps but it's spreading like wildfire.
I hope not here. In a previous video he said he got sick while being in England. From what we know from history, diseases and flus don't care for international boundaries.
It’s not ah tumma!
PUT THE COOKIE DOWN
drifthunterFIN I mean he has been working on cars for longer then you been alive so he is allowed to give his opinion more then you😂 my Toyota has 322k miles So yea it’s good car.
Hi Scotty, I believe the colors are a throwback from the old aviation days, when octane was critical in aircraft engines. Red=80, Blue=100, Green=115, Purple=145 and jet fuel was clear. A pilot would know immediately if the wrong type was pumped into the fuel tanks or if there was water in the fuel. Great videos!!
My 95 civic Honda I bought was sitting for 3 years with no stabilizer started it right up after a new battery ran just fine
Same with my accord 😂
@@joshuapo4554 did you change the oil before you started it?
“When it’s sitting there not being used”
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Joseph Samsor Can confirm my textbooks look like that.
Top notch memes
So moral of the story, get a grey Toyota celica and gasoline will last forever.
lol moral of every other video is get a toyota celica
Once I started a car with fuel that was sitting there for 8 years ... it knocked hard, I could hear it.
This was a very old car with carburetor and a fuel filter that could be manually removed.
I used it for several years as a young driver, had no problems after I put in new fuel.
I appreciate what you're telling all of us, but my experience with old gasoline was different. My Mom's 1991 Nissan Pathfinder sat in the heat and snow in Carson City, NV for 4 1/2 years with a little less than 1/4 tank of gas. There was no fuel stabilizer in the tank. Two of the tires were so cracked that they wouldn't hold air. Everyone said to drain out the gas tank and clean it out. But much to my surprise, it started right up. I noticed it did run a bit rough. I filled it with premium and drove it back to Los Angeles where it passed the California smog test. That was back in 2006. I never cleaned out gas tank and am using the same fuel pump. It's still running very well in November, 2018.
Do you think the gas in the tank was non ethanol or with ethanol? Makes a big difference for fas that sits. Spoils much quicker with the Ethanol pulling water in
You're stressing me out with that sloshing gas in that glass, Scotty!
you haven't hung out in many bars before I see
Scotty Kilmer haha my ocd prevents me from frequenting those sort of establishments
They don't allow people with ocd into bars? isn't that discrimination?
After been in car related businesses for over 30 years and I am always amazed how spot, on right on correct you are Scotty ! Plus I love the many pictures in the upper right hand corner. They crack me up.
Love how you gave the military as an example great vid and very informative.
exactly what I thought.
Kel Hip Do you mean public servants
Jacob Adams I’m a Tax payer I own every single cop car idgaf
Johnny 1911 .... sure.... whatever it is that you tried to say.....
Johnny 1911 military is a good example for this video and product because most public servants get to come home at the end of the day while in the military they get deployed out of country for 6 months to a year+.
I have gas (premium) that has been sitting in my old car now for 7 years. I start it every 3 months and warm it up. Still runs just fine.
12voltvids which car?
Mitul Jariwala probably a prius
blueviper 7171 roblox
Actually it is an old t bird. I took it off the road and was hanging on to the car for my son that said he wanted it when I went electric. Well 7 years later that son still isn't driving so it sits under a cover in the garage and is started every 3 months and warmed up. Hopefully he will start driving and actually appreciate a real collector car.
I started my car for the first time in 8 years a couple of weeks ago. Runs like a top. It was full of premium when I parked it.
Most premium gasoline doesnt contain ethonal
Scotty! You saved me! We have an early 2000s Buick LeSabre. Used to be driven all the time but now it's a secondary car. Every time we took it out and drove it more than 50 miles or took it on a shopping trip where we'd make plenty of stops/park/start it agains - on the trip home it wouldn't backfire but the car would start to feel weird. I'd be driving along and it would feel like someone took a baseball bat and hit me right under my seat. We knew it was the gas but we didn't know exactly what was wrong. I took it to several mechanics and they'd just shrug.
Sometimes we'd get a lot of white smoke coming out of the back until I ran the car about 5-10 minutes as well.
Once you explained that the alcohol was evaporating or getting corrupted it all made sense. THIS TIME I put fresh gas in the car before we went on our big shopping trip and it drove back and forth like a dream. I bought the Stabil and now I'm going to put that in every time I fill up and let the car sit for a bit. Thanks again! You're a genius!
I'm from 2019. Scotty is well. No need to worry about his voice from this video.
I have learned so much About How to work on cars from you sir. Thank you for sharing your years of knowledge and experience.
As a mechanic myself Mr. Scotty Kilmer definitely knows what he’s talking about. Really valuable information!
Great advice Scotty. If you are going to store your vehicle for an extended period of time (over 3 months) Several mechanics I've spoken with also recommend that you use the STA-BIL and fill up your gas tank with NON-ETHANOL gasoline. It costs a little more than regular gas with ethanol, but it lasts a LOT longer without breaking down or attracting water in your gas tank. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Thankfully I'm near the "County Line" where, if I cross it, Premium Non-Ethanol Gasoline is frequently available... Been meaning to do the same combo for Winter 2023-2024. Just for added precaution.
Noticed some Short/Long Term tests of several Stabilizers on RUclips recently and looks like Sta-bil 360 (Geared for treating Regular/Daily Driver Type Equipment that uses Ethanol Blended Fuels for up to 12 months) and various other Stabilizers were able to work as advertised keeping the E10 Regular 87 Octane from becoming a gummy corroded mess when stored for "Winter" (say 5 months). 360 was also the last Stabilizer Additive still standing (lost to an Engineered No Ethanol Fuel which didn't show any fuel breakdown) after 19 months of starting/exercising the engine and fuel. 360 did show degraded fuel but it had also exceeded its stated treatment period and was still performing better then others... Some/Many of the Stabilizers claimed up to 24 month treatment but after just 5 months some weren't even able to do better then Regular E10 without any additives (which during those tests did surprisingly well both long and short term.)
As he mentioned... if you know it's going to sit for an extended time giving it a Shot of Stabilizer, draining, or "topping off" with fresh(er) fuel is a good idea. Protect the fuel system and keep it ready for "Spring"/"Winter".
Since this Video went online Sta-bil Storage has gone to a 24 month treatment level (vs 12).
@@lgoamity That's great info. Thanks!
my car sat for 3 months, but I NEVER USE ETHANOL, the fuel was as good as new.
Everything you said is 100% correct but you forgot to mention you can find a fuel station that sells non-ethonal fuel and then add stabile which is a lot less likely to attract water ( I know all fuel attracts water especially diesel and ethonal fuel ) and it doesn’t gel up like ethonal fuel. This is what I use in all my quads, mx bikes and small engine equipment I have at my house. Non-ethonal cost more but you have less chance of it gumming up, also when you clear your carbs of fuel it can dry out seals and the plunger so don’t forget to start up every so often.
Great overview of most car related issues. Just wish I had the patience to take on large jobs. And Scotty is right about new cars, working on older cars (pre-1990) is so much easier. BTW, gas is different in each state. Gas from CA sucks! Too many additives to meet EPA requirements. Gas in TX is so much better and cheaper. Glad we live in the same state, Scotty.
Great piece. I have an 85 Supra that sometime sits for a year or more between periods of running. She always starts right up. The latter portion of your video hits home perfectly. I do use Lucas fuel stabilizer and oil stabilizer as often as possible. Thanks for all your great informative videos! =)
Good video, when I was deployed to Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm I had an 82 mustang gt and I filled the tank full and put in Marvel Mystery oil, disconnected the battery and was deployed for 6 months came back charged the battery and she ran fine
But in the Desert Storm era (90-91) most of the fuel used MTBE as an oxygenater and not Ethanol.
Poor Jay Lenno, with his 400 cars sitting around and driving once in a few years...
FSXNOOB - GᗩᗰᕮS & ᗰOᖇᕮ Jay despises ethanol.
Yes,....poor rich Leno,smh
Poor rich Jay Leno who earned every dollar from years of stand-up gigs and being selected to replace Carson on the tonight show (a nightly show like that is a real grind to keep it fresh).
As to Leno's cars, I suspect he and Bernard know how to keep them in good condition and counter the effects of modern gasoline.
Bill C yes he hires people who just maintain the vehicles. Oil changes, tuneups, wax jobs, etc.
He probably drains the fuel out
Scotty, you should not drink gasoline!
Greetings from Uruguay, love your channel man!
yeah I think that's why my voice isn't getting better😂
Wow! Uruguay! Isn't the internet great? Having a good winter down there?
wholeNwon in this moment we have 8 celsius. And the internet y mostly over fiber. 60mb down. And 20mb over LTE.
Emiliano Mendez Blanco that’s better internet than in the US I get around 5 mb over LTE on TMobile and 30 mb over WiFi
Uruguaay en la caasaaaaa. Y yo de Puerto Rico!!
Last car I stored I drained the tank and ran the engine dry. Several years later I simply used fresh gas after I rolled the engine over to get the oil pressure up. Yes, I gave each cylinder a squirt of oil! I filled the floats of the carb and the tank with fresh gas and it fired right up.
I remove the alcohol from a couple gallons of gas and use it in my lawn tools, brush cutters and chain saws before I put them away for the season. Then I empty the tanks and run them dry. No trouble starting them the following season.
Several videos on the tube showing how to remove the alcohol from gas.
That will Come in handy when winter hits and I can't ride my bike no more. Scotty Knows!
Ever wonder what Ozzy Osbourne would look like as a mechanic?
Ricardo it's so thick, you can't actually understand what he's saying
Ricardo yea true but he looks somewhat like Ozzy with the hair style and glasses
John Lennon lives!
LMFAO!
NOT ANYMORE...
My WG Jeep GC in AU is sometimes not driven for months but I start it and run to op temp each weekend. I also add some octane booster once a month. When its driven its always 200 -300 km open road and goes like a dream.
Storage temperature is a factor too.
You're awesome mechanic. Got a lot of info from your vids. Have a great week.
I wish I had been told these fuel storage tips when I was away for months deployed on US Trident Submarines. I will pass it on. Thank you Sir.
Jay Leno was talking about this a few years back. He had to have many of his cars engines rebuilt due to spoiled fuel sitting in the fuel system for to long
Grizzly doesn't jay have like 90 cars or something?
grizzly,, it is,, too long
Rebuild an engine due to spoiled fuel? Got a link?
Dave Reiland If he tried to start these cars with bad fuel it could have damaged more than just the fuel system.
Unlikely, but completely possible. I would assume Jay Leno knows better though.
Hey Scotty Love your Work man! Keep doing what you do!
My sister had a car wreck back in the 1980s and had regular leaded gasoline in the tank. It sat for about 4 years before we finally hauled it off to the auto salvage yard, but I drained all the gas that was still in the tank and used it in my lawn mower. That lawn mower ran better than it had ever in its entire life on that old gas.
We also had a John Deere tractor that ran on propane that sat for 8 years... It was parked in the barn and I needed to get it out of the way one day, so put a new battery in it and it cranked right up with only one turn of the flywheel.
Hope you feel better Scotty..
Well said SCOTTY , this pump gas of now days can't Handel the heat ( vapor lock crazy in the old motors ) I just started a 68 SS 396 after sitting in a shed for 37 years it had a 1/2 tank of fuel in it ( good old leaded gas with a extra heavy dose of NIRTO 9 ) it fired right up the GAS LIVED !!! I don't know if it was the lead or the NIRTO 9 or the combination that kept it alive .
I guess that's why my one friend always buys leaded gas (available at a pump at a racetrack near him as high octane race fuel) for his old Cutlass, as he doesn't drive the thing around too often
I use it all the time in my equipment, riding mower ,push mower, chain saws,ect... I have used it in my truck, and it does help
My pop and I only use non ethanol gasoline in our vehicles ,tractor and small equipment...ethanol chemically trashes fuel systems and becomes water...burns faster...thank God we have a large gas station here that only sales non ethanol gasoline all 3 octane grades if you wanted or needed...✌ my Pop is retired mechanic, born 1946
Say What!? Is it okay to use a 3 months old, premium gasoline? It’s 95 octane with 10% ethanol.. because i forgot to put fuel stabilizer. I’m worried 😢😞😪
Howdy from Australia, so glad I discovered your channel. Very informative, I always learn something. Thank you, Guy
This guy is so great, 6 years later, still helping people out. Thank you for the tips!
Thanks for the kick in the butt Scotty! I'm guilty of harboring the gas in my 1973 Ford Pinto (while stored) for way too long! Now you got me motivated to drain the tank & start over. Thanks Buddy!
Just put some archoil fuel additive in. I let my car sit for 6 months or more and it started right up. This does not mean I did not get some varnish, etc, and I should not have done this, but I got away with it.
It's probably best if there's no fuel in the pinto... haha i made joke
@@mattevans1643 I see what you did there... -_- lol
We do that every autmn here in Ontario, Canada, when we switch from our 'summer cars' to our 'winter beaters'.
I have a truck that sits most of the time, I drive it once a week just to keep things moving. I use ethanol free. I also keep a full tank, and so far I've had a really good luck just running ethanol-free.
I always use Stabil in my lawn equipment gas. Even when I'm using them regularly in the summer. This way I know it's good for long down time intervals and over the winter. When spring comes, I charge the batteries and they start right back up like the last time used. Cheap insurance against varnish cause by deteriorated gas.
X-Man I have never added anything new to to my machinrs and they are yet to break.
David Miletič
Your luck will run out.
lmdetect haha doubt it... we have a Honda soil vultivator and it was bought in 1972 and that crazy thing stil runs! Amazing...
David Miletic- Laugh now. It will brake down at worst possible moment.
X-Man It was bought in 72, it is not qualufied for the 'worst' moment... at one point it stood in place outside for about 25 whole years without being touched and it still works...
Now when I think about it, we used to have a Ford Sierra that stood for about 10 years and it fired up like nothing and we drove it for another 10 years without problems, before we sold it. Similar story with my Saab.
Do you live in USA? Maybe we have purer petrol in Europe.
Hey Scotty you always know what you're talking about and I appreciate when you tell us things that we need to know to save us money and headache's as customer's will appreciate your honesty so thankyou and keep doing a wonderful and most excellent job.
Hey Scotty, I watched this video and then went out to get some stp gas treatment for my 99 Sierra that wouldn’t stay running for over 2 seconds. Now she’s up and running for the first time in 8 months.
some good tea will help with that bad throat Scotty!
Engine oil!
And brandy!
Tea is drying he needs honey manuka possibly
I would try to source ethanol free fuel if you wanted to store it for an extended period. Its sold as Boat Fuel, or Recreation fuel. Add stabil to that.
Also you ever try to store gas in a sealed container? When the temp changes the can can really expand, like the side walls are ready to blow of the gas tank. Or sucked in.
Just my two cents here. I'm 67 years old and remember the gas lines of the early 1970's very well. It took the government a couple of months to get the odd even plate number system working. That was in order to make the gas hoarders, which were mostly the cause of the lines, to stop constantly keeping their tanks full. Whether there really was a gas shortage or not is beside the point. If you needed gas at that time, chances are, you waited in long lines for it. Ever since those days I make it a point to keep 100 gallons of gas in a garden shed in 5 gallon cans just like the one Scotty showed in this video. I put 3oz of Sea Foam fuel stabilizer in each can and fill my Jeep up (my other cars is a VW diesel) out of this stock. It takes about six months to rotate through this supply but sometimes I screw up and find a year old can of gas or even older and never have I had a problem with the gas not burning ok. I use this in my small engine stuff as well. I agree we don't need ethanol in gasoline but since we can't make the stuff we have to deal with the reality of the situation.
In short todays gas is a very good product and if treated has a very long shelf life.
Fuel at the docks is higher then 87,89.
Some QT's and Circle K's has ethanol free gas.
m ph Is it okay to use a 3 months old, premium gasoline? It’s 95 octane with 10% ethanol.. because i forgot to put fuel stabilizer. I’m worried 😢😞😪
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I would never put stable in any vehicle if you look at the stable bottle after it's been sitting for several months it is lined with gunk. Several motorcycle repair shops do not recommend using stabile. Instead you should use seafoam which does not Gunk up your fuel system it is a much better product.
Rev up your engines 🏎💭💭💭💥
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I let my 90 Camry v6 sit between 1-2 years in the driveway at my home in Pennsylvania. I went out, started it up, drove to North Carolina and back no problem.
Thanks Scotty! Lol I just siphon it out and run it in my old lawnmower haha
G,Day Scotty in Australia we dont have E10 Pre mixed if you choose to buy it its cheaper to buy i use half 91 octane an half 98 octane never will use E 10 as it not good in my Gold Wing but i use 91 in my Honda CRV and 98 Octane .cheers.Mate .
Thanks for all the helpful videos Scotty, I appreciate your time in doing so, you've helped a lot of people out there with all your automotive knowledge.
My boat has been sitting for at least a year and a half with gas in the tank. I did put fuel stabilizer in the tank every time I filled up, but I started her up and she ran fine on 1 1/2 year old gas. (FYI it IS a 2 stroke so maybe the oil is helping here a little bit)
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I had gas+stabilizer in my modified car that sat in my garage for over 3yrs, still started up easy.
Good to know. I have five gallons of gas with no sta-bil in my garage from 3 years ago and am afraid to use it.
Dixon Cider do yourself a favor and don’t use it dispose of it correctly or use it to start a bonfire just don’t use it in an engine
I have a plug in Hybrid Hyundai Sonata. So I put over 2k miles and still have less than half a tank of gas to go. I hope the gas doesn't go bad before refilling. It's tough to not look at Gas Stations. I can go 27mi on electric and Hybrid on long distance. Like your videos
You are the man. These tips are GOLDEN
Love your work Scotty! Thank you.
*Mr. Kilmer, thank you for informing the masses how to properly stabilize the fuel in gasoline powered vehicles before a long overseas deployment ...or parking the car for a truck driver's typical multi-month cross continent driving tour.*
I'm stable and clean - - mostly.
I liked it, how could anyone unliked it ?
I discovered your videos less than a month ago. I'm addicted to them. I can hear your mostly over that cold, but you still have remnants of it. I'm glad your feeling better.
Scotty is sick, take a day off man, no need to ruin your voice or make it worst.
Alucardjr69 he's sold out to RUclips now they want him to make vids daily his voice cant take it
Need to pay the bills. Have you noticed his recent one minute videos... Saving to buy a new lexus for his wife.
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Scotty is so right. I use sta-bil in all my gas engines to be stored for a season. Works like a charm!
Walking Dead cars being driven have some explaining to do. 😌
They are burning Zombi piss.
@fosterpainter wow, i didn't know that!
I come here to learn something every day.
I use stabil 360 for marine engines, costs less than for vehicles, very same product, works great,very little use a winter ride, always starts.
I need some stabilizer for my brain. Nice video
At my age I need all the stablizer I can get.
Poor Scotty sounds so ill 😔
i sniff gas all the time
he sounds more out of breath than normal, and sweaty
Christine Wills its 107°F and high humidy in houston...
LMAO!!!! Jilly bean your sad face typed all down feeling blue lol!
I had my wife's Vulcan 900 sitting under a tarp, on a battery trickler for 3 years. Before storing it, I was having trouble getting it to run right, so, I just filled up the tank, threw gas stabilizer in it, covered it up and hooked the battery up. 3 years later, wife said to just get rid of the bike. Battery was toast-big surprise. Pulled the tank off and drained it and filled with fresh gas. Changed the plugs, which were the initial problem with it running bad. Sold the bike for a good price because it had low mileage. I guess the stabilizer did the trick since it ran great after sitting.
It would be wonderful if ethanol in gas could be banned forever!
Ozzstar why? Ethanol is a cheaper to produce octane booster. That way, gas manufacturers don't have to refine the oil as much. It's really only a problem if you let your car sit for too long. And even base gasoline doesn't last forever, thanks to the additives in it, so it's not ethanol fault.
+hypershadow corn farmers love ethanol because they makes lots of money. That crap melts away rubber fuel lines. More fuel has to be burned than just using gasoline without ethanol to get the same fuel mileage. It also doesn't smell good and gives people headaches. It's the MSG of gasoline, filler garbage.
E85...
hypershadow5g Ethenol isnt any cheaper. Thats what they want you to believe by jacking up the prices for non ethanol. E10 doesnt cost anymore than regular did before they made it manditory.
Ethanol does damage plastic and rubber components in the fuel system over time. Any car built before 2008 or so will have issues with its fuel system at some point if run on E10 for an extended amount of time. Cars after this time are said to have been built to run on E10. Only time will tell if thats true or not though.
Also, ethanol does accelerate the degradation of fuel because it absorbs water and will actually seperate from the rest of the fuel. And then what ends up happening, because water is heavier than gasoline, is that the water will settle at the bottom of the fuel tank where the fuel pump is and then when you go to crank your engine its just sucking up water. Which is bad.
And also, as already stated ethanol doesnt burn as efficiently as pure gasoline thus you burn more E10 than non ethanol fuel. Because of the price hike on non ethanol in an effort to phase it out, it isnt worth the price difference anymore but if the prices werent artificially jacked up non ethanol would be a cheaper more efficient fuel to burn.
Ethanol is the result of political lobbying only, it has no real-world benefit....please do a deep-dig research on this. Ethanol eats up all manner of polymer and rubber hoses....and it *decreases* gas mileage. And your car doesn't run as well. Altogether "not good".....for a food product better used as a food. If anything, the trend is in the wrong direction. Today's fuels are 10% ethanol and efforts are underway to make it 15% .
Scotty what happens whenn you don't change fuel filter regulary?
Goran Kulić it clogs up and you lose throtle response and starve your engine of gas. I changed the fuel filter on my 99 Mustang GT recently and it had been a LONG time since it was changed and when I tipped the filter, black old dirty gas poured out the end of it! Change that thing out!
Goran Kulić it just clogs up fuel flow to the injectors. If sediment eventually worked its way through a faulty filter it'll clog up your fuel injectors too, so no/not enough fuel gets to affected cylinders
I use Sta-Bil in all my seasonal equipment during their last seasonal run, and I never had any carburetor problems the next season.
Scotty you sound sick... hope you feel better dude
I have an ethenol related question. The black gunk inside the fuel flap. Years ago the inside of the fuel door just got ordinary road grime. Now more and more I see what appears to be black or green mold. Are organisms thriving on the ethanol now being added? Are they in the tank as well?
My truck sat for year on 1/2 a tank. Thing was cranky when i fired her up. Burned that fuel out, bought new fuel. Floored it a few times hauling butt down the road with a load, loaded down trailer, runs fine. Not saying its the wisest thing to do, but it works for me. Truck handles a bit of abuse and still keeps going.
For an additional dollar a gallon I fill up here with recreational fuel (non-ethanol fuel) if the car will be sitting- problem solved indefinitely.
I miss the old gasoline we could buy before Ethanol Gasoline. It was so much better and lasted longer. Thanks Scotty.
They still sell it at some gas stations as "recreational fuel" for boats and pwc's
In PR there's only one brand with e10, the rest (like 4 or 5 brands) are ethanol free. Costing the same.
There are products you can buy to remove the ethanol.
Orlando Colon. Believe me, ethanol is not free.
There’s still a few stations that offer ethanol free gasoline.
Shell 93 sat in my tank for 4 years. Cranked first turn.
Rev up your bald eagles!
Nate wu
I just popped open a bartle skeet and pulled up a chair!!
Let er' rip , tater chip
Nice voice. Sounds like your throat needs a stabilizer!
Luv the advice. Follow it for my generators also.
Thanks Scotty, very informative. Not just cars and motorcycles, but other small engines are affected by old gas. I run my lawn mower and tiller dry rather than leaving them with even treated gas overwinter. I have a gasoline generator for emergency power but left it too long with a full tank of treated gas. When I needed it, of course it wouldn’t start! Fuel line to the gas cock was full of gunky slime. Now I leave it dry of gas and keep rotating-out a gas can filled with treated gas every six months.
Well I was thinking if I had the car sit for too long
(and gas tank wasn't completely full) because
I was a "bad boy" then I would just have a friend drive
me to the gas station and I'd fill up my gas tub and bring
it back to fill up my car! But since I'm a "good boy", I shouldn't
have to worry about that, Scotty :P
Gas "tub"
I will need one of your awesome fuel stabelizers when I get shipped out to military training! Clean comment here
Good luck man, and have fun with it. Don't let the tough times get you down. And there will be a lot of those, like a lot. I'm only 24, and i feel 30 something. I rarely sleep, i've spent more time overseas than i have in the states. Most people aren't that lucky, just find yourself a good group of friends and everything will be okay.
@@scottykilmer solid pick Scotty
Scotty said one way is to run the tank dry until the motor stops. That might be okay for carburetted cars but I doubt that it's good to let the fuel pump, injector pump and injectors run with no fuel, which acts as a coolant and lubricant. Plus there will always be a pool of fuel in the tank that the pickup tube cannot reach. So then you would have a tank that is 98% air and a bit of fuel that will evaporate and turn to varnish.
I could never understand why the EPA made us put ethanol in our gasoline. The additive burns slightly cleaner but it is more expensive to make and you burn more of it due to the different air fuel ratios of gasoline and ethanol. With modern 3 way cats on our cars, what comes out of the tail pipe is really not all that bad compared to just 15 short years ago. What I find ironic is that the process of making a lithium ion battery actually does more damage to the planet then driving a normal car getting 30 mpg. Electric cars are dumb, we should get into hydrogen powered cars.
82rap: Corn lobby.
Hydrogen cars use lithium batteries too....and the hydrogen is often derived from fossil fuels
If only it were possible to scale nuclear reactors down to the size needed for cars. Fuel might be pricey but if you only have to refuel every 18 months or so it could potentially catch on. Theres enough naturally present material in the ocean to produce fuel for generations. Theres just the (super) important question of overall safety, practicality, crash safety, etc...
It cost $8 a gallon to produce ethanol, it does not make sense, car engines were not made to burn ethanol, it corrode the engine. but it make the farmers happy and subsidize that equal to votes, purely political , this practice not even approved by environmental wackos
@@transformer889 Because, genius, every liter of ethanol in fuel is another liter that doesn't need to be imported from Middle East or another dubious source...
Love your channel
thanks for the support!
I've used fuel stabilizers for years when storing small engines over the winter. Only make sense to use in the car when storing.
very amazing and nice video. you are really doing a great job Scotty.thanks
Like always, good info. Thanks ....
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There are a number of videos that talk to fuel going bad and recommending various methods of avoiding problems, especially with small engines (2 and 4 cycle). I have never, ever done anything special to "winterize" any of my small engines and have never had a problem with "stale" fuel. Last year I sold a chainsaw that had been sitting for five years. When the buyer wanted to run it I went to get some fresh fuel but he started and ran it before I had gone ten feet. I could cite many other instances but suffice it to say the stale fuel myth is overblown.
Love ur videos scotty
hey scotty, you under the weather? hope you get to feeling better soon!
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I remember parking cars under the bridge in the winter disconnecting the battery and picking it back up in spring. We did not have fuel issues back then. In fact it was the blizzard of 93 when we had snow drifts higher than a two story house. It was amazing to see as a nine year old.
Maybe you didn't have ethanol gas in your car
Scotty? You ok? You sound ill
Justin Noker nothing a little bit of coke cant fix, oh wait..
Justin Noker
He is sick. He traveled recently and caught a cold.
Or a new mic. But a very different sounding one.
He finally got into puberty >.
Yes, in a recent video he said he went to England and cought a flu.