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Is it just me? Am I an idiot? (Don't answer that!) Am I just an old dumb fart? But ...
... WHY is it so damn hard to put an 8-oz. bottle of Sta-Bil into my 03Z's gas tank? I can never get all the Sta-Bil into the main part of its bottle and the spout isn't long enough to push open the filler neck flapper.
I tried using a funnel, but that drips Sta-Bil down over the quarter panel. So, I dump the Sta-Bil into a clean, empty, plastic, 16-oz. salad dressing bottle, push the flapper open with a pencil, and dump in the Sta-Bil. No sweat.
Do you guys have trouble with these Sta-Bil bottles or am I just an idiot? NOW you can answer that!
I used that Lucas product continuously for several years, after ethanol containing gasoline was introduced in my area. Then some of the stations started selling non-ethanol fuel, and I switched over to that.
I'm happy to see that I'm not alone here. Sta-Bil must have a reason for keeping their bottle design the way it is, but I don't understand it.
That squeeze reservoir REALLY irritates me. Who buys a bottle of Sta-Bil and then uses only 0.5 ounces? Maybe somebody who's stabilizing a half pint of fuel for a remote control model airplane.
For me, I'm sticking with my salad dressing bottle. A little honey mustard in the ol' fuel rails never hurt nothin'!
I'm happy to see that I'm not alone here. Sta-Bil must have a reason for keeping their bottle design the way it is, but I don't understand it.
That squeeze reservoir REALLY irritates me. Who buys a bottle of Sta-Bil and then uses only 0.5 ounces? Maybe somebody who's stabilizing a half pint of fuel for a remote control model airplane.
For me, I'm sticking with my salad dressing bottle. A little honey mustard in the ol' fuel rails never hurt nothin'!
Dave
Personally, I think that given the usage ratio of Sta-Bil to gasoline, it should be sold in something like 6oz. bottles. Buy 2-3 of them. 2 would take care of the cars that get stored, and the 3rd one would take care of the lawn mowers/string trimmers, etc, with no "left-overs".
Sta bil was for lawn mowers, snow blowers and other gas driven devices with small reservoirs
I agree......BUT, then a 16oz. "squeeze bottle" makes even less sense. Given that 2oz. of Sta-Bil is more than enough for most lawn mowers, why would you sell enough product per package, to treat 8 lawn mowers? Is the shelf life of Sta-Bil 6-8 years?
I agree......BUT, then a 16oz. "squeeze bottle" makes even less sense. Given that 2oz. of Sta-Bil is more than enough for most lawn mowers, why would you sell enough product per package, to treat 8 lawn mowers? Is the shelf life of Sta-Bil 6-8 years?
Don’t know why there is a 16oz bottle. Maybe for lawn/snow maintenance companies. Only a guess
10-18-2018, 12:22 PM
That Annoying Sta-Bil Bottle
