Posted by ss55 on September 07, 2013 at 16:25:58 from (173.19.101.220):
In Reply to: NEW gas standards????? posted by JD Seller on September 07, 2013 at 14:29:08:
About 15 years ago I took some evening classes on small engine repair. The instructor ran a local lawn and garden implement dealership with his dad and brother. I don't remember if that was before or after ethanol blended gas was mandatory here.
The instructor commented that the invention of the product "Stable" increased their business a lot. Guys stopped draining gas tanks before storing their small engines in the off-season. They just poured a few ounces of Stable in the tank and parked it. The next season many engines would not run right or would not start at all.
His business got to repair those machines or take them as trade-ins on new machines. His shop guys would clean-up the carburators, replace the gas with fresh gas and the machines would run fine again.
His recommendations to us for reliable small engines were: drain the gas tank before storage; change the oil on-time; and don't over-speed the engine RPMs. That has worked well for me.
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