STA-BIL 22240 vs Star Tron 093032

Buy STA-BIL 360 Marine, model 22240, when you want the 32-ounce bottle whose highlight says it treats 320 gallons, and whose directions say 1 ounce for every 10 gallons of gasoline. Buy Star brite Star Tron Enzyme Fuel Treatment, model 093032, when the style on the card is the 32-fluid-ounce standard packaging, the line that says the concentrated formula treats up to 512 gallons, and you will follow two doses: 1 fluid ounce for every 8 gallons as the first dose, then 1 fluid ounce for every 16 gallons on a refill. Both are fuel bottles. They are not the vinyl spray in the other Star brite card, and they are not the same dose.

Short version. Vinyl guard and a matte protectant go on seats, not into a tank. A bilge pump moves water that is already in the hull. A fender does not stabilize gasoline. Read the model on the bottle before you pour.

The STA-BIL title is STA-BIL 360 Marine Fuel System Treatment, 32 oz. Model name 22240. Model number 22240. Manufacturer part 22240. Manufacturer Gold Eagle Co. Item weight 1.9 pounds. Number of packs 1. Number of items 1. Unit count 1. The highlight says it treats 320 gallons, cleans fuel systems and injectors, removes water, and helps protect marine engines. The item-type name calls it a marine fuel-system treatment and a fuel-injector cleaner for boats and watercraft, in-season, 32 fluid ounces. UPC cell: 073950222402, 182682942127, and 073905222402. GTIN 00073950222402 matches the first of those with a leading pair of zeros. The included-components cell is a string of dots, which is not a parts list. The detail ASIN on this card is B001CAW2DK. The directions in the bullets say pour it into the tank before you fill up, use 1 ounce for every 10 gallons, and run the engine for 5 minutes so the treatment reaches the system.

Thirty-two ounces at 1 ounce per 10 gallons is 320 gallons. The highlight and the dose agree with each other. They do not agree with a dose of 1 ounce per 16 gallons. That second dose is the Star Tron refill line, not this bottle. The bullets also say the formula uses PEA additives, that it is for in-season cleaning and corrosion protection, and that storage is a different STA-BIL product. If the boat will sit all winter, the bullet tells you to pair this bottle with the storage product. This bottle's stabilizer line is the in-season idle claim, not a promise that one pour replaces the storage can.

STA-BIL model 22240, Gold Eagle, 32 ounces, detail ASIN B001CAW2DK. Star Tron model 093032, part 093032, 32 fl oz, detail ASIN B0014419UQ. An 8-ounce Star Tron treats a different number of gallons. Vinyl guard model 095932 is a different chemical.

Who should buy 22240, and who should buy 093032?

Buy 22240 if the boat, the jet ski, or the other gasoline watercraft burns pump gas and you want the in-season dose the bullet prints: 1 ounce per 10 gallons, poured before the fill, then five minutes of running. The 320-gallon highlight is that dose times a 32-ounce bottle. The weight cell says 1.9 pounds, which is in the neighborhood of a 32-ounce liquid bottle and is a check, not a dose. The included-components dots are not a measuring cup. The bottle's own neck is the measuring story in the family directions: small cap for small amounts, large cap for large amounts. Look at the bottle you received. If it has no marks, use a measuring cup you already own and the 1-ounce rule.

Buy 093032 if you want the enzyme gasoline treatment whose selected style is 32 fl oz standard packaging, and you will pour the initial dose and the refill dose as two different ratios. Initial is 1 fluid ounce for every 8 gallons. Refill is 1 fluid ounce for every 16 gallons. The listing's "treats up to 512 gallons" matches the refill math on a 32-ounce bottle, 16 gallons per ounce. It does not match the initial dose, which covers half as many gallons because you pour twice as much per gallon. If you dump the whole bottle into a tank that does not hold 512 gallons, you have not followed the dose. The card says overdosing is not harmful. It does not say the whole bottle belongs in a 20-gallon tank.

Do not buy Star Tron because you liked the vinyl protectant. That is model 095932, a spray for vinyl, and it does not go in a fuel tank. Do not buy STA-BIL 22240 as the winter storage can the bullet tells you to pair with a different product. Do not pour either bottle into a diesel tank. The Star Tron fuel-type cell says gasoline. The STA-BIL item-type name is a gasoline marine treatment. A diesel additive is a different card.

What STA-BIL 22240 is actually for

22240 is an in-season gasoline treatment for a boat. The bullets say it cleans injectors, lines, and pumps with PEA additives, removes water, gum, and varnish, and is built as corrosion protection for the fuel system while you are using the boat. The performance language is the manufacturer's claim about combustion and mileage. This comparison does not add a number the card does not print. The useful sentence is the dose and the five-minute run so the treated fuel moves through the system instead of sitting in the fill neck.

Model 22240 is the reorder, three times: model name, model number, and manufacturer part. Photograph UPC 073950222402 if you want the barcode that matches the GTIN. The other two numbers in the UPC cell are why you photograph the bottle instead of the first string you see in a copied listing. Age-range "adult" is a cell that does not belong on a fuel additive and does not change the dose. Ignore it. The dots in the included-components cell are the same kind of empty field. The bottle is the component.

Do: pour before the fill so the new gasoline mixes the dose, then run the engine the five minutes the bullet asks for, in a ventilated slip with the blower on if the boat has one. Don't: pour it on vinyl seats. Don't: store the open bottle in the rod locker until the cap weeps on a life jacket. Don't: skip the storage product in December because this bottle said stabilizer. The bullet separates in-season idle from winter storage.

What Star Tron 093032 is actually for

093032 is the gasoline enzyme treatment in the 32-fluid-ounce standard packaging. Model number 093032. Part number 093032. UPC 071247930320. GTIN 00071247930320. Manufacturer Star brite. Fuel type gasoline. Item type gasoline additive. Included components: additive. Warranty cell: no warranty. The detail ASIN is B0014419UQ. The style name on the listing is 32 fl oz standard packaging, and the same listing shows other sizes, including an 8-ounce bottle whose treat-line is a smaller gallon count. If the mailer is the small bottle, you did not receive 093032's 32-ounce style.

The enzyme claim is the manufacturer's: it is meant to help engines start and run when fuel has sat, to address ethanol problems, to keep the delivery system cleaner, and to disperse water as very small droplets the engine can pass. The card says it stabilizes fuel and can help old fuel. The dose block is the part you can follow without taking the adjective on faith. Initial: 1 fluid ounce per 8 gallons. Refill: 1 fluid ounce per 16 gallons. The "up to 512 gallons" line belongs to the refill rate on this 32-ounce bottle. An 8-ounce bottle is a different purchase with a different gallon claim. The material overview on some views of the card says hazardous. Treat the bottle like a fuel additive. Keep it off your skin, off the vinyl, and out of the bilge.

Do: add it before the fill, at the initial ratio the first time you treat a tank and at the refill ratio after that. Don't: use the STA-BIL 1-per-10 dose on this bottle and call it close enough. Eight, ten, and sixteen are different. Don't: spray it on seats because the brand also makes a vinyl guard. Don't: assume the 512-gallon line is the initial dose. It matches the refill math.

How to pour them without mixing the bottles

Know the gallons in the tank you are about to fill, or know you are filling a known number of gallons at the pump. A 32-ounce bottle is not a unit of tank size. STA-BIL wants 1 ounce per 10 gallons of the fuel you are treating. Star Tron wants 1 ounce per 8 gallons the first time and 1 ounce per 16 gallons on the refills. Write the ratio on a piece of tape and stick it to the bottle you keep in the dock box. Next month the caps will look similar and the ratios will not.

Keep the bottles apart from the vinyl spray and the matte protectant. Those are surface chemicals. These are tank chemicals. A dock box that holds all four is how a guest sprays fuel treatment on a seat or pours vinyl guard into a fill. Different caps, different shelves. Run the blower and the engine the way the boat's own checklist says, after the STA-BIL bullet's five minutes and after any Star Tron pour, so treated fuel moves.

Phase separation and water in ethanol fuel are the problems both cards talk about in their own words. Neither card is a pump-out of a tank that is already separated into a water layer you can see. If the sample in a clear jar is two layers, fix the tank before you expect a bottle to erase it. The Star Tron card talks about dispersing water as tiny droplets during operation. The STA-BIL card talks about removing water. Read the verb on the bottle you bought. Then follow that bottle's dose, not the other one's.

What actually fails on these two cards

The STA-BIL reorder fails when the bottle is a storage formula, a smaller can, or a diesel product and the model is not 22240. It fails when the three UPCs send you to the wrong barcode. It fails when the included-components dots convince you a part is missing. It fails when you use it all winter and never buy the storage product the bullet named. It fails when you pour vinyl guard because both jobs live in the same dock box.

The Star Tron reorder fails when the style is 8 ounces or 16 ounces and you paid for the 32-ounce 512-gallon line. Model 093032 and the 32 fl oz style are the check. It fails when you treat 512 as the initial-dose coverage. It fails when the fuel-type cell said gasoline and the tank is diesel. It fails when "no warranty" surprises you because you did not read the warranty cell. The cell says no warranty.

The shared failure is a dose borrowed from the other brand. Ten gallons per ounce, eight gallons per ounce, and sixteen gallons per ounce are three instructions. The bottle in your hand has one of them. Use that one.

What this comparison is not

It is not a vinyl dressing, a bilge cleaner, or a fuel-water separator filter. It is not an engine rebuild. It is not a promise that every Star brite bottle belongs in a tank, and it is not a promise that every STA-BIL bottle is model 22240. It is not a 512-gallon claim for the STA-BIL bottle. That number is on the Star Tron 32-ounce line. The STA-BIL highlight says 320 gallons, and the dose supports that number.

It is not a reason to pour an additive into a tank you have not measured. Measure, pour the ratio, fill, run. Then put the bottle back on its own shelf, cap tight, away from the seat spray.

So which fuel treatment should you buy?

Buy STA-BIL 360 Marine, model 22240, 32 ounces, UPC 073950222402, when you want 1 ounce per 10 gallons, a 320-gallon bottle claim, and the five-minute run, and you know winter storage is a different STA-BIL product. Buy Star Tron, model 093032, 32 fl oz, UPC 071247930320, when you want the enzyme gasoline bottle, the initial dose of 1 ounce per 8 gallons, the refill dose of 1 ounce per 16 gallons, and the listing's treat-up-to-512-gallons line read at the refill rate. They both go in gasoline. They do not go in the same pour.