[skipmarcy]

I've never used a stabilizer, I use strictly premium gas in all my power equipment and have never had a fuel problem for up to a year at a time. Anything much over a year it's time to get rid of it. Sure, it may start & run the engine but it won't be long before you'll be doing a fuel system cleaning/overhaul and it's not likely your engine will be putting out the power when using fuel that old because of reasons already stated here. I can start & run an engine on a spray can of choke spray but try using that to operate the auto/equipment under load and see how far you get. Ethanol in gasoline creates some mighty nasty crud in fuel systems, it makes some real nasty pink stuff from reacting with aluminum and it doesn't take very long to form this stuff. It also deteriorates/rots neoprene and will swell even Viton after long enough exposure - I've had brand new accelerator pump cups swell & stick in their bores in alot of the Japanese carbs from alcohol blended fuels in years past. Had to source leather pumps for some to solve the problem. As already mentioned, it draws water like flies to .... too !!