10-04-2008, 02:16 AM
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.