Are you using too much gas additive?

[1kickerfish]

I started by just guessing at the 1 ounce per 15 gallons mixture for Ring Free, but I went through a 12 oz bottle long before I had burned 180 gallons of gas. At more than $1.00 an ounce I decided to take the guesswork out of the equation. I first tried a small baby bottle, but it was always lost in the truck somewhere. Then I saw the small 8 oz bottle of Sta-Bil Fuel Stabilizer at the auto parts store and knew it would be perfect. It has ¼ and ½ ounce marks on the measurement tube, which is perfect for my normal usage. I made use of the Sta-Bil in the family vehicles, mowers, and gas can. Filled the bottle with Ring Free and marked the container (½ oz = 7.5 gal) With the Ring Free in the measuring device there is nothing to misplace in the truck. Problem solved.

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Also posted on tips forum..........

[Bass Junkie]

That's a good idea. I did something similar. I cut the top out of a plastic water bottle. The kind with the squirt type cap on the end. I then poured one measured ounce into it and scored a line on the outside. I just pour it up to the line place in gas fill and twist the cap to release it. Kinda like a measure and funnel all in one.

[u130747]

I did exactly the same thing.


Bert

[fishin couillon]

Thanks. I think i may go out and buy some gas stabil tomorrow and try it out.

[whnigt]

Question?? If you add too much Ring Free will it make your motor smoke on start up each time you start the motor during the day. I measure out my ring free 1 oz. to 10 gallons. Thanks.

[1kickerfish]

I do not think extra ring free will make it smoke. The smoke comes from the 2-cycle oil. I have read several posts where the dealer never reset the 2-cycle oil after break in at the 10 hr check. The break in setting is 2x the normal ratio of oil to gas. My ring free bottle says 1 oz for 15 gal.

[Oldschool]

My says 1 oz./10 gallons too. Interesting...

[1kickerfish]

Your post made me go look at my bottles of ring free. All of them say 1 oz for 15 gallons for constant treatment. My bottles say YAMAHA and were sold at a dealer in Va. I am wondering if yours are of a different vintage, or the geographical location has something to do with it. This is one of those things that make you go HHHUUUUMMMMMMMMMM.....................

[rwtzx]

Mine is 1 to 10 also....

[MFD911]

Great tip...

Mine says 1- 10 also

[SkeeterMark]

So when y'all go out each time, you run all the gas out of the engine? I add a full bottle about once every 4 fill ups.

[BigBassBrent]

I usually just add 10 gallons of gas at a time to my tanks and add 1oz ring free each time. If I can't hold 10 gallons I will usually either not use ring free or I will put in 1/2 oz to 5 gallons.

BTW, mine says 1oz to every 10 gallons also.

[stevieraybla]

Where do you guys get the ring free and who makes it?

[Bass Junkie]

Ring Free is a yamaha product and you can get it wherever they sell yamaha oils.

[1kickerfish]

Just to keep the discussion going............I was at my local Yamaha dealer Saturday and looked at all the 12 oz bottles of Ring Free on the shelf (~20). All said for continuous use mix 1 oz to 15 gal. It is strange that several of the posts here on BBC have bottles that suggest 1 oz for 10 gal. Does anyone know if there are different concentrations of Ring Free? Are there geographical differences?

[gleninaz]

I was using Ring Free in every tank and was getting a lot of smoke so I asked my marine mechanic. He said to use it in a couple of tanks a year and the smoking dropped off after I ran out the additive.

[1kickerfish]

Was it a certified Yamaha mechanic? If a two cycle engine is not smoking then I would be worried. Ring Free (a lead additive) breaks up the carbon inside the engine and purges it out the exhaust. I would much rather have smoke than a gummed up engine. Just my 2 cents..........

[reelman]

I read somewhere RingFree started at 15 gallons per ounce but Yamaha changed it to 10... cannot verify now though, its been months ago... maybe even a year or so...

[Bass Junkie]

All the bottles I have bought say to mix a 1oz to 10 gallons. I bought a quart last time so I have been using off of it for a while now. Maybe the newer bottles have a different recommended mix.

[GA SX190]

My bottle reads 1oz/10 gal, but the certified Yamaha mechanic who did my 10 hour recommended 1oz/15 gal. He said that was plenty to do the job, even in my cooler running 4 stroke.