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Proper gas for small engines!
JonPerry:
Not sure if this has been posted yet. I came across it the other day ;)
esox_xtm:
--- Quote from: FishGut on Jan 01, 2016, 07:07 PM ---Ten percent ethanol gas became a norm 25 years ago. Any company that can't engineer a motor to deal with it in that amount of time shouldn't be in business. The same goes for any "ethanol eats gaskets" argument.
Buying and mixing more fuel than you'll use in a week or two is your own fault.
Once a week, whatever's in the gas cans (summer gas for the mower, winter mix for the snow thrower) gets poured into my kids' car. They get an extra 10 to 20 miles, and I start every time with fresh fuel.
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Since you poked the zombie Jon I'm bumpin' this with a "two thumbs up" rating. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
FishGut is the 2nd smartest man on the planet!
icemann13:
I am new to power augers and bought a Eskimo Fi this year. Have almost used a small can of Tru fuel so far and it fires right up with a good RPM. Nice pink color too to see through the gas tank. For my limited usage I can handle the premium cost of this fuel.
I have always used Stabil on all my 2 cycle tools in the summer for winter storage. I store them wet and they always start come spring with a few pulls. Should I do the same come late winter for my auger storage?
esox_xtm:
--- Quote from: icemann13 on Jan 19, 2018, 06:50 PM ---
I have always used Stabil on all my 2 cycle tools in the summer for winter storage. I store them wet and they always start come spring with a few pulls. Should I do the same come late winter for my auger storage?
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Absolutely! Dry storage is harder on stuff than running ethanol.
badger132:
I always keep a 5 gallon can of non- ethanol fuel in the garage- in a steel gas can without a vent. A gas can with a vent, or even a plastic one breathes enough that I can smell it, and if gas fumes get out, air gets in, and if it is humid, the ethanol in the gas absorbs it, and over time seems to form a webby stringy mess in the tank. I try to keep the tanks in the engines completely empty and drain the carb, or completely full.
My dad took several small engine classes at the tech college, and they started him on Seafoam. That seems to make his snowblowers and mowers start every time.
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