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To: Kirk © who wrote (7633)	9/27/2019 11:32:04 AM
From: the longhorn	Respond to of 26666

Yes, no problem with running it through a car engine after it sits for several months...at least I don't believe there is. I do the same thing. Use stabilizer and, after a few months, cycle it through. However, I have not found that stabilizer helps protect small engines from ethanol. The local dealer I use for the small engine stuff was quite vocal about saying it did not. He recommended non-ethanol gas (which he sold for $10 a gallon!). If you didn't use non-ethanol gas, he recommended draining the tank after each use and letting the engine run until the gas ran through...or shutting off the fuel supply if there was one and letting the engine run until it died. I found a local non-ethanol supply much cheaper and use that now and it solved everything. Made a huge difference. You may have trouble finding it out there but if there's a small airport for private planes not too far away, chances are you can find it there. Aviation gas for small planes still goes non-ethanol, I believe. You may have better experience than I did with the stabilizer. Ethanol!! What a scam!! Btw, I'm with you on hiring help for the boring chores...and your replacement activity certainly sounds like a better way to spend time. I think the young fellow that helps me knows more about my weed trimmer than I do. lh

To: Kirk © who wrote (7633)	9/27/2019 12:32:18 PM
From: robert b furman	2 Recommendations Recommended By berniel Kirk © Respond to of 26666

Hi KirK, I have 2 Stihl chainsaws, 1 Stihl rototiller, 1 Stihl weed trimmer, 1 Stihl backpack blower. Now a days Stihl puts warning labels on their products "DO NOT USE ETHANOL GAS". Echo now makes a product called Red Armor fuel. It's pricey but it is non-ethanol gas and a stabilizer that makes it usable for 24 months. It comes in quarts and gallons. I only use my tiller once or twice a year and use it there and also the blower. My chainsaws I use more often and longer so i buy the high octane gas and mix in stable. I always run the gas out of the chainsaws before storage. Bob