Quickcleen vs. Stabil

Fishitifyoucan · Post by **Fishitifyoucan** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:32 pm

What's the difference and what do you guys use?

GregD · Post by **GregD** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:17 pm

Use both... they have different functions.

Quickleen removes carbon deposits from carburetors and injectors, intake valves and spark plugs. Stabil is a fuel stabilzer.

offduty · Post by **offduty** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:17 pm

Quickcleen is Merc's fuel additive just like Ring free is Yamaha's, some prefer Seafoam.
Stabil is a fuel stabilizer to counter the affects of ethanol, water and for fuel preservation. The other 3 are to prevent carbon deposits, gumming and to keep fuel passages and rings and valves clear. I run Ringfree and marine Stabil in a 250 4 stroke SHO.

jloo283 · Post by **jloo283** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:45 pm

quickleen removes carbon deposits during run, stabil minimizes gasoline phase separation during long term storage or winterization if you've got a lot of gas in your tank. both are poured into the gasoline tank.

after every 50 gal of gas, I use 4 oz of quickleen with 20 gals of gas, each oz treats 5 gal, on my optimax. don't be afraid to do WOT during this time. I don't use stabil as I don't winterize or leave the boat unused for long.

some feel there's no need to spend the $12 for a 12oz bottle of quickleen since techron works in a similar fashion, and it's mostly true. it's more true on 4 strokes but on 2 strokes, including optimax, I've seen noticeably cleaner plugs, especially after extended amount of low RPM.

I've also heard of merc technicians running quickleen as a first step in troubleshooting engine performance issues.

These guys swear by it here http://www.veradoclub.com/smf/

James

ash · Post by **ash** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:56 am

I run stabil through my boat when i am not fishing as often, like now i run sea foam as a fuel additive as listed above. The stabil is to slow down the affects of ethanol speration in the fuel tanks.

fishndp · Post by **fishndp** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:27 pm

I have used Star tron instead of Stabil and always had good luck with it.

civicrr · Post by **civicrr** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:10 pm

I use the Mercury Quickare now instead of Stabil. Seems they end up costing the same so I figure why not use the Mercury product. I use it with every gallon of gas to help prevent phase separation from the ethanol fuels.

I almost always use Quickleen with every gallon.

eagle123777 · Post by **eagle123777** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:44 am

Fishitifyoucan wrote:What's the difference and what do you guys use?

in the mercury thread on BBC there is a master mechanic (don) that recommends a coctail of 3...quickclean..seafoam..stabil...u can read about it there..