# Gas additives

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-additives/92497>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [February 11, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-additives/92497 "2016-02-11T21:52:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![pellusch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pellusch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pellusch)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-additives/92497/1 "2016-02-11T21:52:53Z")

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I have a Chevy pickup (2007) that I don’t drive often. It stays in the garage until needed. I try to drive it once a month. Do I need to put something in the gas to keep it from getting old or whatever?

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-additives/92497/2 "2016-02-11T21:55:17Z")

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I’d put in a double dose of Stabil.

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**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-additives/92497/3 "2016-02-11T21:57:46Z")

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Most gas now contains 10% ethanol and sometimes more. Make sure the additive is made to treat ethanol in the gas as well as stabilize it. Marine fuel stabilizers do both.

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-additives/92497/4 "2016-02-11T22:19:45Z")

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YES ! fuel stabilizer.  
My 79 Chevy pickup got fresh gas . . . . TWO years ago !  
It will start right up perfectly today.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-additives/92497/5 "2016-02-11T22:24:49Z")

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I concur with everyone else here. Sta-Bil, or the equivalent in the tank. I have the same issue with my 2004 truck. It takes me a long time to use a tankful of 31 gallons. Fuel stabilizer is cheap insurance.

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**Author:** ![pellusch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pellusch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pellusch)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-additives/92497/6 "2016-02-11T23:37:14Z")

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Thanks everyone, I will do that. Let me ask you this, one of the headlights gets condensate inside on the cover. Will that become a problem? Looks like you have to take the whole frontend apart to get it off. There are two 'lens/covers, this is the lower one.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-additives/92497/7 "2016-02-11T23:40:28Z")

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@pellusch If you can reach the bulb without tearing the whole car apart, try pulling out the bulb and heating the lens with a hair dryer to drive off the water. Once gone, put the bulb back in.