I am not a fan of ethanol but thats all I can get here in Florida. A friend started using this product in his 03 R*. Anyone else have any experience with this? Looks like it can be used in anything.

I did a search on Star tron enzyme fuel treatment on this forum and came up with nothing.

My just have to give the stuff a try.

I use it. it was recommended last year by a friend of mine who owns a motorcycle repair shop. It has really helped lessen the carb puking on my bike.

I use the sta-bil brand of ethanol treatment, it looks the same as the star tron. You can find it at Wal-Mart.

I use the startron but i mix in a ounce or two of yamaha ring free in each bottle. told my boat mechanic about it and he laughed and said it sounds like snake oil to him , and by the way almost all marinas here in FL sell ethonal free fuel

yax wrote:
by the way almost all marinas here in FL sell ethonal free fuel

Only for a little while longer! As of January 1, 2011, all gasoline fuel sold in the state of Florida will contain ethanol, even small engine fuel, and marine grade gasoline. It sucks. The number one service performed at my dealership is a carb clean, because of the ethanol.

I've heard good things about the StarTron, and I use the Sta-bil myself.

FYI,startron enzym treatment isnt the same ad Stable brand fuel stailizer esp Stabils new Marine Grade fuel stabilizer thats a deep blue almst blk color has been formulated to address the corrsove properties of the fuerls with ethenol.

I have tried both the Startron and Stabils new marine grade fuel stabilizers and for me i feel Satbils new marine grade does a better job but i am sure someone will chime in to say the opposite.

You know ,that will be the person that left fuel lying arround un capped in a fuel can for like 8months to 1 yr then decided to add some fuel staboilizer to it when the ethenol in the fuel had already sucked up plenty of moisture/water and was bascally bad when the stabil was added and wonder why the fuel went bad and messed up a carb.

I always fill the fuel tank/gas can etc with fresh fuel and stalilize it at the same time & when doing that with the hvy long term storrage dose of 1oz pr 5 gals dose of marine grade stable & have not had any issues at all.

And stabil also states on the labe you cant overdose is you add too much stabilizer but al;so keep in mind underdosing will get you in trouble with fuel going bad messing up carb so thats why i always run the strongest dose to avoid any issues.

The stronger dose can alswo keep carb & vlves/com chambers cleaner too according to info i read on stabils stie which is good for avoiding SVS esp if your bike tends to run a little rich too.

And i have 3 motorcycles,a snow blower,lawn more,classic car/69 chevelle ss 396 that all sit for approx 6-8 months at a pop in thier off season non use periods and have had no issues at all when starting up post storrage/begining of thier seasonal use periods.

And in right cond with todays ethenoled pump fuel they can start to go bad in as little as 30-40 days in poor storrage cond with lrg temp variation, plenty of moisture in the environemnt,and expYI,startron enzym treatment isnt the same ad Stable brand fuel stailizer esp Stabils new Marine Grade fuel stabilizer thats a deep blue almst blk color has been formulated to address the corrsove properties of the fuerls with ethenol.

I have tried both the Startron and Stabils new marine grade fuel stabilizers and for me i feel Satbils new marine grade does a better job but i am sure someone will chime in to say the opposite.

You know ,that will be the person that left fuel lying arround un capped in a fuel can for like 8months to 1 yr then decided to add some fuel staboilizer to it when the ethenol in the fuel had already sucked up plenty of moisture/water and was bascally bad when the stabil was added and wonder why the fuel went bad and messed up a carb.

I always fill the fuel tank/gas can etc with fresh fuel and stalilize it at the same time & when doing that with the hvy long term storrage dose of 1oz pr 5 gals dose of marine grade stable & have not had any issues at all.

And stabil also states on the labe you cant overdose is you add too much stabilizer but al;so keep in mind underdosing will get you in trouble with fuel going bad messing up carb so thats why i always run the strongest dose to avoid any issues.

The stronger dose can alswo keep carb & vlves/com chambers cleaner too according to info i read on stabils stie which is good for avoiding SVS esp if your bike tends to run a little rich too.

And i have 3 motorcycles,a snow blower,lawn more,classic car/69 chevelle ss 396 that all sit for approx 6-8 months at a pop in thier off season non use periods and have had no issues at all when starting up post storrage/begining of thier seasonal use periods.

And in right cond with todays ethenoled pump fuel they can start to go bad in as little as 30-40 days in poor storrage cond with lrg temp variation, plenty of moisture in the environemnt,and exp[osure to environment due to not being prolperly capped/scured etc.

But even stabils reformulated/improved std red colored fuel stailizer doesnt always curt it with todays pump fuel from 1st hand exp i had using that too. It was fine yrs back but i had problems when using todays improved std red colored stabil fuel stabilizer.

Scott

You might want to do some research on the Star Tron. There's a lab report out there stating that the additive is 95% naptha with the other ingredients not listed for proprietary reasons. I don't remember the link or I'd post it.

Scott B.

If I'm not mistaken, I believe that seafoam is also made with naptha (i think about 30%).

This info is readily available on their site under the MSDS info...
John Scribner