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On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 10:38:20 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote: I'll bet it really lasts a loooong time in your snow blower, this time of year! ggg And that, indeed, is the point of the exercise! The denatured gasoline evidently starts breaking down in a month. Straight gas in a year. Blue skies! -- Dan Ford Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942 forthcoming from HarperCollins www.flyingtigersbook.com |
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On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:26:38 -0400, Cubdriver usenet AT danford DOT
net wrote: On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 10:38:20 -0400, "Morgans" wrote: I'll bet it really lasts a loooong time in your snow blower, this time of year! ggg And that, indeed, is the point of the exercise! The denatured gasoline evidently starts breaking down in a month. Straight gas in a year. I never drain the tanks on my lawn morwer, snow blower, yard tractor, or push lawn mower. I've never seen car gas break down even after several years. What I have seen is the stuff evaporate in the carburetors and leave a shelac. However I always turn off the gas and run the carbs dry. The next season I turn the gase on, wait a few minutes, prime and pull. They usually start on the first pull. Blue skies! -- Dan Ford Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942 forthcoming from HarperCollins www.flyingtigersbook.com |
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"Roger (K8RI)" wrote:
I never drain the tanks on my lawn morwer, snow blower, yard tractor, or push lawn mower. I've never seen car gas break down even after several years. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- For decades, old leftover mogas ALWAYS worked fine for me too. Then came a Spring season when my lawn mower refused to start. The cause was... old flat gas. It even smelled weird/stale. Didn't hardly wanna' burn with a match. After draining/replacing the old gas with fresh, all was well. -Barnyard BOb- |
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("Roger (K8RI)" wrote)
What I have seen is the stuff evaporate in the carburetors and leave a shelac. However I always turn off the gas and run the carbs dry. The next season I turn the gase on, wait a few minutes, prime and pull. They usually start on the first pull. I would run Dad's snowblower a couple-three-four times per summer. 1. Mother's Day. Run the snowblower out in driveway. Yes, rev it up some. 2. Put in about a 1/2 quart of fresh gas. (It was run dry the last time) 3. Repeat around The 4th, again in September/October, and again before Thanksgiving. 4. Do something else while the snowblower was running. Front "step" with a beer often got the vote. 5. I tried all the other stuff. I liked this method best ...for the snowblower. (I think the idea of running the snowblower, in shorts and a t-shirt, was the real appeal to this method) Montblack The boat - I did the fogging oil routine, emptied the carbs and filters, blew out the lines, sloshed the 6 gallon tanks with straight oil, etc. |
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