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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: jimay3677 on September 09, 2014, 05:02:43 PM

Title: Accidentally added oil stabilzer to fuel tank!!!
Post by: jimay3677 on September 09, 2014, 05:02:43 PM
Don't ask how I grabbed the wrong bottle. Should I syphone it out?

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Title: Re: Accidentally added oil stabilzer to fuel tank!!!
Post by: Craig_m67 on September 09, 2014, 05:45:00 PM
What type of fuel, diesel?
What type/brand of stabiliser?

Title: Re: Accidentally added oil stabilzer to fuel tank!!!
Post by: jimay3677 on September 09, 2014, 06:04:34 PM
Jts 2.0 petrol. Wynns engine tune up/ oil stabilizer.  The wynns site says it should be fine and I have also added injector cleaner and octane boost to try offset it

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Title: Re: Accidentally added oil stabilzer to fuel tank!!!
Post by: jimay3677 on September 09, 2014, 06:05:28 PM
I still don't know how I looked at the bottles to be sure I got the right one then ended up with the wrong one

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Title: Re: Accidentally added oil stabilzer to fuel tank!!!
Post by: colcol on September 09, 2014, 06:11:52 PM
I would keep topping up the tank everyday to shandy the oil 2 stroke mixture down, last thing a JTS needs is to blow more oily smoke out the tailpipe!
Why are you using oil stabiliser anyway?
This sort of thing happens more than you would think....according to a mechanic friend, washer fluid in brake cylinder, engine oil in auto tranny, Colin.
Title: Re: Accidentally added oil stabilzer to fuel tank!!!
Post by: Craig_m67 on September 09, 2014, 06:37:24 PM
This ?

http://www.wynns.net/pdf/msds/51523-Engine-Tune-Up-Oil-Stabiliser-MSDS.pdf

If the Wynns technical line (1800 177 989) have said no worries, I'd just be following colcol's advice and topping up regularly for a while. Actually, having read the ingredients I personally wouldn't worry a zot, sounds like you just made some two stroke BUT i am NOT a petro-chemist.

I wouldn't loose any sleep over it and we all make mistakes, great topic for a thread really.  I changed some perfect big end bearings once and it turned out to be a blocked fuel return line :)
Title: Re: Accidentally added oil stabilzer to fuel tank!!!
Post by: jimay3677 on September 09, 2014, 06:49:55 PM
Col I intended to put injector cleaner in but grabbed the stabilizer by mistake.  Thanks everyone.   I was quite stressed about it.

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