Fuel Stabilizer for Lawn Mower Storage

To prepare your lawnmower for winter storage, I fill the gas tank and add a fuel stabilizer. The fuel will be protected over the winter and the gas will prevent gaskets from drying out and cracking.
To make it easy at the end of the year, you can add a fuel stabilizer to your gas can every time you get gas. This will protect the gas in your can and your lawnmower throughout the year.
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How to Keep Fuel Fresh For Your Lawnmower or Snowblower

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To keep your fuel fresh for your lawnmower, snow blower and other lawn equipment, just add a fuel stabilizer to the gas can every time you fill up.
Gas starts to lose octane and go bad in as little as 30 days. By adding a fuel stabilizer, you can add over a year of life to fuel. If you fill up your gas can and don't use the fuel by the end of the season, it is ready for storage.
If you only add fuel stabilizer at the end of every season, the fuel may already be bad.

STA-BIL fuel stabilizer

Sta-bil is designed to keep fuel fresh in engines that are stored for seasonal use. Most fuels start to oxidize after 30 to 90 days. Oxygen reacts with gas to create gummy residues and varnish-like films that can clog fuel lines, carburetors and injectors.

Sta-bil prevents corrosion, cleans carburetors, fuel injectors and protects against rust.

Sta-bil is recommended by name by over 70 engine and equipment manufacturers for 2 and 4 cycle engines.

Some people recommend draining all the fuel and running an engine dry for storage, but this has problems. You can never get out all the fuel, so the remaining fuel will vanish and become gummy. The exposed metal in the tank and system will be exposed to air and rust. Gaskets that are left to the air can dry out and crack.

For storage Sta-bil recommends filling the gas tank 95% full and adding a fuel stabilizer to protect the fuel for 12 to 15 months.

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