Ethanol Shield 2 stroke

[Lumberwolf]

Saw this on the dealers today 12 quid for a litre. Has anyone heard of or used it before? I read on the back that it stops petrol going stale for up to a year

[Ian C]

Wow makes aspen look cheap !

[woodyguy]

How many litres of petrol does it treat?

[Lumberwolf]

It's for 50:1 woodyguy

[bumble B]

I bought a small bottle of this for £8. Everything still runs fine and it's a lot cheaper than Aspen although the petrol still has the other nasties in it. Apparently Ethanol is going to be in our fuel in a lot higher ratio's.

[Ian C]

More and more additives will be going in petrol, I made the switch at Christmas when I ran out if petrol too Aspen and it is so much nicer to use,I have off set it by making savings elsewhere and am glad I did.

[peatff]

It's just 2 stroke oil with stabiliser, what grade is the actual oil as you can buy stabiliser separately. Briggs and Stratton sell their own version. You could use stabiliser in your fuel before you mix it with your regular oil to better effect.

Edited February 21, 2015 by peatff

[woodyguy]

I use the ethanol shield stabiliser which I add to a container of standard petrol. I then fill up a 5L can from this and add 2 stroke oil. The standard I use in my lawn mowers and four stroke engines. The stabiliser is good value as it is used very dilute. Does it work? Well hard to say. I used to use the Briggs and Stratton but it is a lot more expensive. Guess that unless one of my saws seizes up then I'll keep using it.

[Eddy_t]

Fuel stabiliser doesn't remove the ethanol, nor does it stop fuel degradation, it just retards it slightly.

[woodyguy]

How do you define slightly? I find it is fine for 3 months or so at least but I've not seen it tested by a reputable organisation to validate their claims.