Well.....it has been right at 4 months since I stated this test and there has been enough activity to justify an update. We have had some wet weather, dry weather, some really cold temperatures down around -10, and some warm days up in the 60's. Today I went out and brought the box of bottles into the garage and took a look.
The two noticeable problems were in the Premium pump fuel and the Regular Pump Fuel that I added Startron to.
The Premium Pump gas has continued to seperate, and the steel piece has started to rust, and the aluminum and the brass look fine. This was the first fuel to show the onset of seperation......so maybe the theory that Premium sits in the tanks longer has some truth to it.
The Regular pump fuel with Statron has also had some seperation and the steel is rusting, the aluminum has started to grow an orange/clear gel...but the brass looks fine.
The pump regular bottle I had appeared not to be regular as it was green colored.....so I must have confused it with either some 2 stroke mix or some with preservative - so I dumped it and started a new regular test on December 17th, and so far it has not done anything weird.
So the results indicate to me - that if you store your motorycle or yard equipment in a carport or shed that can experience the Northern Kentukucky temperature and humidity swings......in less than one winter of storage you can begin to have fuel issues that can result in steel rusting and aluminum corroding. I will continue the test for a while longer.....maybe let it go a full year!
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