My folks have a gas powered generator that they've never used, but have
on hand in case the power goes out and the basement starts to flood.

I just fueled it up and added some stabilizer, as god knows how long it
could be before it gets used. My question is this - how long can
stabilized gas sit before it too goes bad? (And what does "bad" mean
anyhow?)

Thanks all.
JP
*******************
My Jeep is rusting.

 

I use Sta-bil towards the end of the fall and all winter in the plastic gas
cans for the mower and the snowblower.

The manufacturer claims it stabilizes gasoline up to 12 months at regular
concentration and 24 months at double concentration. See the link below.

http://www.goldeagle.com/sta-bil/all_about_sta-bil.htm

I buy it at the end of the season when the lumber yard is wanting to get rid
of it and will sell it at a loss.

I don't know that I would leave fuel in the generator year-round but you
might check with the manufacturer on that.

How long do they expect outages to last? Running 24/7 these things use a
lot of fuel. In an outage lasting 4 days a 3500 watt generator will burn
around 50 gallons of gasoline.


"Jay Pique" <JayPique@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1123440781.649626.144730@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> My folks have a gas powered generator that they've never used, but have
> on hand in case the power goes out and the basement starts to flood.
>
> I just fueled it up and added some stabilizer, as god knows how long it
> could be before it gets used. My question is this - how long can
> stabilized gas sit before it too goes bad? (And what does "bad" mean
> anyhow?)
>
> Thanks all.
> JP
> *******************
> My Jeep is rusting.
>

 

I use Sta-bil towards the end of the fall and all winter in the plastic gas
cans for the mower and the snowblower.

The manufacturer claims it stabilizes gasoline up to 12 months at regular
concentration and 24 months at double concentration. See the link below.

http://www.goldeagle.com/sta-bil/all_about_sta-bil.htm

I buy it at the end of the season when the lumber yard is wanting to get rid
of it and will sell it at a loss.

I don't know that I would leave fuel in the generator year-round but you
might check with the manufacturer on that.

How long do they expect outages to last? Running 24/7 these things use a
lot of fuel. In an outage lasting 4 days a 3500 watt generator will burn
around 50 gallons of gasoline.


"Jay Pique" <JayPique@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1123440781.649626.144730@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> My folks have a gas powered generator that they've never used, but have
> on hand in case the power goes out and the basement starts to flood.
>
> I just fueled it up and added some stabilizer, as god knows how long it
> could be before it gets used. My question is this - how long can
> stabilized gas sit before it too goes bad? (And what does "bad" mean
> anyhow?)
>
> Thanks all.
> JP
> *******************
> My Jeep is rusting.
>

 

I use Sta-bil towards the end of the fall and all winter in the plastic gas
cans for the mower and the snowblower.

The manufacturer claims it stabilizes gasoline up to 12 months at regular
concentration and 24 months at double concentration. See the link below.

http://www.goldeagle.com/sta-bil/all_about_sta-bil.htm

I buy it at the end of the season when the lumber yard is wanting to get rid
of it and will sell it at a loss.

I don't know that I would leave fuel in the generator year-round but you
might check with the manufacturer on that.

How long do they expect outages to last? Running 24/7 these things use a
lot of fuel. In an outage lasting 4 days a 3500 watt generator will burn
around 50 gallons of gasoline.


"Jay Pique" <JayPique@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1123440781.649626.144730@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> My folks have a gas powered generator that they've never used, but have
> on hand in case the power goes out and the basement starts to flood.
>
> I just fueled it up and added some stabilizer, as god knows how long it
> could be before it gets used. My question is this - how long can
> stabilized gas sit before it too goes bad? (And what does "bad" mean
> anyhow?)
>
> Thanks all.
> JP
> *******************
> My Jeep is rusting.
>

 

I use Sta-bil towards the end of the fall and all winter in the plastic gas
cans for the mower and the snowblower.

The manufacturer claims it stabilizes gasoline up to 12 months at regular
concentration and 24 months at double concentration. See the link below.

http://www.goldeagle.com/sta-bil/all_about_sta-bil.htm

I buy it at the end of the season when the lumber yard is wanting to get rid
of it and will sell it at a loss.

I don't know that I would leave fuel in the generator year-round but you
might check with the manufacturer on that.

How long do they expect outages to last? Running 24/7 these things use a
lot of fuel. In an outage lasting 4 days a 3500 watt generator will burn
around 50 gallons of gasoline.


"Jay Pique" <JayPique@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1123440781.649626.144730@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> My folks have a gas powered generator that they've never used, but have
> on hand in case the power goes out and the basement starts to flood.
>
> I just fueled it up and added some stabilizer, as god knows how long it
> could be before it gets used. My question is this - how long can
> stabilized gas sit before it too goes bad? (And what does "bad" mean
> anyhow?)
>
> Thanks all.
> JP
> *******************
> My Jeep is rusting.
>

 

They probably wouldn't run it 24/7. At night they'd shut it down I'm
sure. We probably haven't had a 4 day outage in years. Last time it
was an ice storm that wreaked havoc for weeks in some spots.

Thanks for the info.
JP

 

They probably wouldn't run it 24/7. At night they'd shut it down I'm
sure. We probably haven't had a 4 day outage in years. Last time it
was an ice storm that wreaked havoc for weeks in some spots.

Thanks for the info.
JP

 

They probably wouldn't run it 24/7. At night they'd shut it down I'm
sure. We probably haven't had a 4 day outage in years. Last time it
was an ice storm that wreaked havoc for weeks in some spots.

Thanks for the info.
JP

 

They probably wouldn't run it 24/7. At night they'd shut it down I'm
sure. We probably haven't had a 4 day outage in years. Last time it
was an ice storm that wreaked havoc for weeks in some spots.

Thanks for the info.
JP

 

The one lungers are pretty good about accepting most any fuel once they
are running. But they can be real stinkers to get started on old fuel.
My general definition of old fuel is: high performance 3 months max,
automobile with FI, 6 months, older vehicles, tractors, and small
engines- 12 months. Using a stabilzier will double that. Keep a can of
starting ether nearby.

The best bet is to figure out some sort of fuel rotation. Drain the tank
on the generator, start it up and run all the fuel out of the carb. Fill
a couple of 5 fallon cans with fresh fuel. Every 6 months, pour the
fuel in your oldest vehicle. Better yet, pour it into the tank of the
kid down the street with his old beater. Replace with fresh fuel.

Jay Pique wrote:
> My folks have a gas powered generator that they've never used, but have
> on hand in case the power goes out and the basement starts to flood.
>
> I just fueled it up and added some stabilizer, as god knows how long it
> could be before it gets used. My question is this - how long can
> stabilized gas sit before it too goes bad? (And what does "bad" mean
> anyhow?)
>
> Thanks all.
> JP
> *******************
> My Jeep is rusting.
>