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Jeff/Illinois · 09-13-2018, 10:03 AM

STARTRON is good fuel stabilizer that is what the outboard motor guys use.

Might not hurt to order a 5 gallon can or two of Sunoco racing fuel and put that in the car before storage. It is similar to aviation fuel won't separate and gunk things up.

slammin · 09-13-2018, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by bigd1101

Speaking if gas........what octane is good in the A? I know that some premium octane gas does offer the ethanol free option.

I'm not sure about nationally, but quite a few stations here in Colorado offer ethanol free regular. It's usually about 40 cents a gallon higher than corn gas. Its much cheaper than spending $4+ for octane you can't use. This spring the A was starting hard and running rough. I expected the gas was at least a year old, filled by the previous owner. I ran the carb empty, drained the tank, cleaned the sediment bowl and put in 5 gallons of non-ethanol with 2 ounces of MMO. Solved the hard start and rough running issues.

09-13-2018, 10:03 AM	#21
Jeff/Illinois Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,791	Re: Old Gas STARTRON is good fuel stabilizer that is what the outboard motor guys use. Might not hurt to order a 5 gallon can or two of Sunoco racing fuel and put that in the car before storage. It is similar to aviation fuel won't separate and gunk things up.