Posted by MarkB_MI on December 22, 2014 at 03:29:00 from (70.194.4.196):
In Reply to: Today's gasoline posted by IndianaTom on December 21, 2014 at 19:34:48:
I guess I don't know what "just plain dirty" means. Are you saying it had actual dirt (sand) in it? The filter should have stopped any sort of sediment from reaching the carb. If it's not sand, then it was probably residue from old, evaporated gas.
Here's a possible cause: About October or November, fuel distributors in most parts of the country switch to fuel formulated for winter. This gas is more volatile than the summer mix and contains a lot of aromatics. Maybe when the winter mix hit your carburetors it dissolved crud that was already there, gumming up the carburetor passageways. That would explain why both engines acted up at the same time with fresh fuel from different distributors.
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