Sta-Bil 2 year shelf life

[skiptowns98033]

I've used Sta-Bil for years and never had any fuel issues. Today, as I was getting things ready for spring, I read the label and noticed it's only good for 2 years. According to Dr Google, the code tells you when it was made.

"16264-87649-2233. This bottle based on the code was made on the 264th day of the year 2016. In the first five numbers, the first two numbers determine the year"

The bottle I had was..............old.

 

[B~C]

that's good to know, I guess i need to get some MorStabil to treat my Stabil so it lasts longer

 

[Robert H. Wilkinson]

I always thought that meant it treated the gas to last up to 2 years?? Maybe I didn't read the fine print.

Rob

 

[T.R. Bauer]

He's right, it does have an expiration date after it has been opened. I pay about as much attention to it as I do the expiration date on the Twinkies in the pantry.

 

[hardee]

He's right, it does have an expiration date after it has been opened. I pay about as much attention to it as I do the expiration date on the Twinkies in the pantry.

Seriously, In my pantry "Twinkies" never ever even come close to their expiration date, and I buy them at Costco :lol:

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

 

[B~C]

I wonder if a person ate nothing but Twinkies and other foods high in preservatives and washed it down with Stabil, they could live forever...or at least 200 yrs

 

[ssobol]

I wonder if a person ate nothing but Twinkies and other foods high in preservatives and washed it down with Stabil, they could live forever...or at least 200 yrs

But, if you only ate Twinkies, why would you want to?

 

[bobjarrard]

Fellow Water Lovers,
I must confess, I have eaten a Twinkie that was more than a few years old, but only after being deep fried and then dipped in chocolate (the Twinkie not me). Here is a link to the in depth study done on that particular example of TwinkieHood done by the Smithsonian:
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1JZ ... r1FjscVx-M
If someone can tutor me on how to post a saved image to these lovely little ditties I will send them a full box of freshly minted Twinkies or should their addiction and deviancy know no bounds, an equivelent number of either Ding Dongs or Ho Hos. Please, there are children in the room, no talk of coconut coverings or other similar Hostess Heiracies from the Dark Side.
Bob Jarrard - Deep Inside the Twisted World of Carnal Food Pleasures

 

[hardee]

Seems I contributed a bit to a tour of a path into the debauchery of the "Twisted World of Carnal Food Pleasures". Sorry, a chocoholic I am. I read that every bite of chocolate decreases our lifespan by 2 minutes. I did the math, and figured I should have died in 1537. I might have messed up a little -- not much of a mathematician.

https://www.meijer.com/shop/en/snacks/d ... 8810911411

Keeping priorities in order, I'll take a Mars Bar now, and then get back to more Stabil things.

I have a bottle of Sta-bil 360 Marine in hand, no mfg date that I can decode

BUT . . .

The top line of the back label, in the yellow strip above the "Bottle Opened Date" with the blanks to fill in reads :
"Product can be used for up to 2 years after bottle has been opened."
The third line down in the bullet point list just below that "Write in the date place" says . . .
*Stabilizes fuel for up to 12 months.

Not sure, maybe seems a bit confusing but I get that if we open the bottle, mark the date, we can use out of that bottle for 24 months and each use treats that tankful for 12 months. NOte that there are several versions of "STA-BIL". Blue, Marine 360, and Red so check your version and your bottle.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

 

[colbysmith]

Harvey, somewhere I've read or heard dark chocolate is good for you. That's my story and the one I'm sticking with!

Does one really care about stabil shelf life after opened? I normally use stabil at the end of the season, or after the Hontoon gathering, when I know it will be another month or two before the boat goes out again. I've never had any stabil left in the same bottle within a year of it's purchase! (With C-Traveler's 100 gal tank, I use the whole bottle in one shot. With Midnight Flyer and it's 40 gals storage capacity, I finished the stabil off within the year.) Colby

 

[Robert H. Wilkinson]

When your a "Costco" shopper and have it put in your cart by a forklift because being frugal you think the bigger jug is a bargain,,,, :amgry . If I delete this thread will I unlearn it and continue living in my blissful ignorance?

I am with you though Colby on the dark chocolate thing! Those weirdo's that eat white chocolate are just fooling themselves - its only cheap candle wax in a pretty wrapper! 8)

Happy Easter,

Rob

 

[hardee]

Ahha, Dark Chocolate. It is at the top of my food pyramid. It is also in my ditch bag :shock: because it makes you feel good 8) and in further reading it adds to your life span, not subtracts, so no I am looking at about 2052.

As to Sta-bil, I use a large bottle each each year, added when I fill the tanks. Startron, on the other hand has no designated shelf life, and I add it in the Spring before I start to tow the boat, plus a gallon of fresh premium gas to help in washing it down the throat and mixing with the tank gas. That makes for no starting or running issues, ever.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

 

[Robert H. Wilkinson]

Startron, on the other hand has no designated shelf life,

I guess I'm safe after all. Just went out to the shed and checked my jug. It is the blue Startron and not Sta-bil. It was what my marina recommended when they winterized my boat.
:thup

Thanks for the clarification Harvey,

Rob