Posted by david - or on October 11, 2013 at 11:23:47 from (184.76.14.88):
In Reply to: Re: New Gasoline posted by Indiana Ken on October 11, 2013 at 05:08:32:
The active ingredient in STABIL is BHT (butlylated hydroxytoluene). BHT is an antioxidant and the same stuff that is used as food preservative in cookies, snack cakes, and the like.
The antioxidant properties help retard the spontaneous reaction of gasoline with the oxygen in the air during long term storage, and thus reduces the formation of break-down products such as "varnish" in fuel systems.
You may or may not need STABIL, depending on your equipment, fuel, oil, and off-season storage policies, but I would not characterize STABIL as "snake oil".
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