Re: Reminder: Don't put your carb away "wet"...
[Re: BradH]
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See it a lot w/pump gas and I usually replace EVERYTHING in those including springs and p/v plugs sometimes........
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Re: Reminder: Don't put your carb away "wet"...
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does carb or bowl material make a difference in how the carb is affected? Not sure, but these are aluminum bowls FWIW.
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Re: Reminder: Don't put your carb away "wet"...
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Brad..You see a lot of that around here in small engines like lawnmowers. People are too cheap to spend a few cents more for better gas. FWIW,I just had my 1150 Dominator gone thru. Its only had race fuel in it and it looked pretty good.
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Re: Reminder: Don't put your carb away "wet"...
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I see the same residual on factory and alum. carb parts.............
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Re: Reminder: Don't put your carb away "wet"...
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I've seen plenty of scary carbs that had nothing but race gas in them. Some of those fuels have some funky additives, and they can leave nasty build ups on the carb internals if left in too long.
Best bet is to pull the bowls and blow everything out when you put the car away.
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Re: Reminder: Don't put your carb away "wet"...
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... especially with ethanol blend fuel. I pulled one of mine apart that I figured was ready to bolt back on and run, only to find a good bit of "stuff" had built up in the fuel bowls. The accelerator pumps were even worse, with the pump springs having corroded along with the build-up of "stuff". Fair warning! Us pump gas street/strip guys learned this long ago....That "stuff" is nasty...
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Re: Reminder: Don't put your carb away "wet"...
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Brad..You see a lot of that around here in small engines like lawnmowers. People are too cheap to spend a few cents more for better gas. My lawnmower gets run dry at the end of the mowing season, plus fuel stabilizer in whatever is left in the tank. My 2-stroke weed trimmer gets straight 93 premix without ethanol. The subject carb had been drained, but some fuel must have unknowingly remained in the bowls and accelerator pumps. I can't wait to see what my Mallory fuel pump looks like after having sat with 93 E10 in the fuel system for so long.
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Re: Reminder: Don't put your carb away "wet"...
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Another friendly reminder.
I was having carb issues this year and going on my 3rd season since my switch-over to alcohol. I go through my carb usually twice a season giving it a good cleaning and the usual maintenance but neglected removing and checking my floats. When it was suggested to me this year I ordered new ones and when I switched them out I checked them on my shops gram scale. You wouldn't believe how much the old ones weighed compared the the new ones from absorption. All appears to be well now.
I haven't had this issue but my Son has to take the top off his fuel regulator anytime the car has sat over 4 weeks and give it a good spray cleaning or it will stick 'wide open"
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Re: Reminder: Don't put your carb away "wet"...
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So nobody runs something like Stabil 360 for ethanol? Does that not work for this junky fuel?
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Re: Reminder: Don't put your carb away "wet"...
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So nobody runs something like Stabil 360 for ethanol? Does that not work for this junky fuel? I run Seafoam in my motorhome for my the onan generator and lawn equipment too.
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Re: Reminder: Don't put your carb away "wet"...
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So nobody runs something like Stabil 360 for ethanol? Does that not work for this junky fuel? I know some motorcycle folks who were going to try that, but never heard if it was working as advertised. I know carbureted bikes were getting killed by ethanol in pump gas when left to sit around too long.
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Re: Reminder: Don't put your carb away "wet"...
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I ask because I run that in small power equipment and don't have any issues. At least so far.
I want my fair share
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