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Lawn Mower Advice
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tenders wrote:
> They said bad gas gummed the carb - That is BS.

Not necessarily. The ethanol in the last few years' formulations does have clogging tendencies. Keeping a few gallons in the garage for the summer (or longer) can bring out the worst of this. I add Sta-Bil to my gas can every time I fill it.

Having a carb varnish up from old gas is a very common problem
Any engine that I put into storage and that will not be run gets ran dry and drain the carb if possible.

I've resurrected many a small engine by removing the carb and soaking it in cleaner.
Worse case is a carb rebuild but you might get by with new needles.

I've bought a lot of pretty nice power equipment for next to nothing and cleaned the carb
and was ready to go. I also recommend Seafoam as a regular gas additive.
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Lawn Mower Advice - by msglee - 10-03-2008, 04:36 PM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by will2000 - 10-03-2008, 04:41 PM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by JPK - 10-03-2008, 04:42 PM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by rgG - 10-03-2008, 04:42 PM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by billb - 10-03-2008, 04:51 PM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by dotman - 10-03-2008, 04:56 PM
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Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by mattkime - 10-03-2008, 05:10 PM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by iaJim - 10-03-2008, 05:21 PM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by gabester - 10-03-2008, 05:37 PM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by beerman - 10-03-2008, 06:21 PM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by Octave Doctor - 10-03-2008, 06:50 PM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by Mike Sellers - 10-03-2008, 07:50 PM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by Yoyodyne ArtWorks - 10-03-2008, 08:23 PM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by AllGold - 10-03-2008, 08:34 PM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by tenders - 10-03-2008, 09:34 PM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by Grateful11 - 10-04-2008, 12:56 AM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by lafinfil - 10-04-2008, 02:16 AM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by M>B> - 10-04-2008, 03:00 AM
Re: Lawn Mower Advice - by billb - 10-04-2008, 03:30 PM

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