Stabil Question

[FJrider1]

Just my experience with sea foam. Ran it in my friends 86 voyager. Bike would not idle, all over on choke. Put in half a bottle to a tank full, ran it for a few miles let it sit overnight... Like a new bike in the morning, idling perfect, running perfect.

The guys on the FJ1100/1200 list swear by it.

Also a write-up in webbikeworld on them using it in a triumph...

https://www.webbikeworld.com/sea-foam

 

[blueman]

Is this BS or not when using Stable . I heard from some dude that if you mix stable with a Premixed tank of fuel for a two stoke it will seperate the oil from the gas. I have used it for years in my boats which are four strokes when storing works great. I have ridden and raced bikes for 40 years on and off road. And still own two stoke dirt bikes. I have never took the time to investigate this claim. I just drain the fuel from my dirt bike in the off season anyway.

 

[warsw]

Is this BS or not when using Stable . I heard from some dude that if you mix stable with a Premixed tank of fuel for a two stoke it will seperate the oil from the gas. I have used it for years in my boats which are four strokes when storing works great. I have ridden and raced bikes for 40 years on and off road. And still own two stoke dirt bikes. I have never took the time to investigate this claim. I just drain the fuel from my dirt bike in the off season anyway.

Sta-Bil advertises that it is good for straight gas or premix. I have used Sta-Bil in my two stroke bikes for years with good results.

Read here

 

[blueman]

Good info, Thanks

 

[Windjammer]

Well, I must confess, I have no clue what chemicals are in Sea-Foam. In fact, I always thought it was sort of a hokey name for a product, and that it must be some snake-oil bullshit. But then about 10 years ago, my cousin recommended it and gave me a bottle to try. He owns his own small engine repair business, and related stories of customers bringing in gunked up motors that could be got running just by adding the Sea-Foam. Not in 100% of cases, but enough to convince him that the stuff worked.

Over the years I've poured that stuff into several vehicles that were running slightly rough and it cleared up the problem (assuming it was related to contaminated fuel system - it don't fix bad spark plugs!). In fact, just a few months ago I used it to get the 2-stroke weed-whip running good again.

I'm no chemist, just a time starved backyard mechanic who wants simple solutions that work fast. Sea Foam has proven to be one of those solutions for me. I have no idea why it works, don't have the time to investigate it, and in the end I don't care that much. But I can tell you this - if the product had no positive effect on engine performance, I would not buy it. And I'm just barely smart enough to know the difference when something works, and works consistently. :lol:

FWIW