chainsaw recommendations

I rarely have stale gas. But sometimes if I have outboard gas leftover at the end of the season I mix it with my chainsaw gas. I also use a stabilizer (seafoam) in all my gas tools. ATV, saws, Lawn tractor, mowers, Outboard etc. Machines that get putaway for the winter or Summer are stored with half a tank of gas and some seafoam.

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Originally Posted by mooboy76

So, what's the good way to get rid of your stale pre-mixed gas? I never did get back out to cut up all my trees and I've got about 5L that's been sitting there since June.

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Originally Posted by mooboy76

So, what's the good way to get rid of your stale pre-mixed gas? I never did get back out to cut up all my trees and I've got about 5L that's been sitting there since June.

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Just add it into your vehicles gas , no harm done with as little as 5L.

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Originally Posted by greatwhite

I rarely have stale gas. But sometimes if I have outboard gas leftover at the end of the season I mix it with my chainsaw gas. I also use a stabilizer (seafoam) in all my gas tools. ATV, saws, Lawn tractor, mowers, Outboard etc. Machines that get putaway for the winter or Summer are stored with half a tank of gas and some seafoam.

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You are much better off leaving your machines with a full tank for storage. Less chance of condensation happening.

Other then my lawn tractor all my power equipment is kept in my garage and usually kept above 0%. I never get condensation.

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Originally Posted by FishinScuba

You are much better off leaving your machines with a full tank for storage. Less chance of condensation happening.

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But you are correct it is preferred to keep the tank full or empty. Not half full.

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Originally Posted by FishinScuba

You are much better off leaving your machines with a full tank for storage. Less chance of condensation happening.

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Originally Posted by mooboy76

So, what's the good way to get rid of your stale pre-mixed gas? I never did get back out to cut up all my trees and I've got about 5L that's been sitting there since June.

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Just keep using it, gas doesn't go bad that quick or just add some stabilizer if you'd like.

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Originally Posted by seabast

Just keep using it, gas doesn't go bad that quick or just add some stabilizer if you'd like.

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That actually is not the case with many ethanol blends now. Using premium mitigates some of it, but the use of ethanol in many fuels now greatly contributes to octane degradation in as little as two weeks.

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Originally Posted by seabast

Just keep using it, gas doesn't go bad that quick or just add some stabilizer if you'd like.

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Dump it in a car/truck when you have a 3/4 full tank.

Never since ethanol has been out have I ever had an issue. I have 3 chainsaw one is 16 years old Poulan, outboard over 40 years and lot's of other equipment. 99% of all issues are because you left the old gas in there for over a year and the carb is now plugged up. I usually have anywhere from 20 - 60 liters of fuel on hand my chainsaw fuel might sit all winter before I use it again.

If you really want to on 5 liters of fuel add 20 ml of seafoam works as a stabilizer.

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Originally Posted by Bluebulldog

That actually is not the case with many ethanol blends now. Using premium mitigates some of it, but the use of ethanol in many fuels now greatly contributes to octane degradation in as little as two weeks.

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I always use sea foam, regardless. And I'm not saying that the octane degradation is immediately noticeable, but depending on what you're running it in, it can be. Of course, using higher octane fuel usually has much less ethanol in it, and therefore doesn't experience the same degradation as a tank of regular.
My small engines all get 91.