Not for bikes only
Posted: 03:27 pm Dec 15 2006
Had another happy experience with Stabil last night.
Big storm. Got home. Power had been out for a couple of hours. Hauled out the generator. Noted with chagrin the masking-taped (wrinkly..dodgy workmanship indeed!) note of 1-05 on the fuel cap.
Time's fun when you're havin' flies! I would have guessed it had only been a year!! Two? Impossible!!
Turned on the fuel, gave the 10HP Tecumseh a couple of slow pulls just to get things moving.
It fired up on the second pull! By 'slow' I mean as little force as was necessary to get past the compression stroke. I had NO intention of even TRYING to start it at that point.
This a repeat, but I've seen SEVERAL times the crud left behind by old fuel..most of the time the fuel being 'only' a year old on my buddy's CB750K Honda. 'We' (meaning me) went through a couple of complete teardowns fixing his neglect before he finally took my advice to use Stabil.
This fuel was TWO years old..and the generator started and ran like a champ!
If you store engines without hibernating them, AT LEAST use Stabil!! It works!!
Big storm. Got home. Power had been out for a couple of hours. Hauled out the generator. Noted with chagrin the masking-taped (wrinkly..dodgy workmanship indeed!) note of 1-05 on the fuel cap.
Time's fun when you're havin' flies! I would have guessed it had only been a year!! Two? Impossible!!
Turned on the fuel, gave the 10HP Tecumseh a couple of slow pulls just to get things moving.
It fired up on the second pull! By 'slow' I mean as little force as was necessary to get past the compression stroke. I had NO intention of even TRYING to start it at that point.
This a repeat, but I've seen SEVERAL times the crud left behind by old fuel..most of the time the fuel being 'only' a year old on my buddy's CB750K Honda. 'We' (meaning me) went through a couple of complete teardowns fixing his neglect before he finally took my advice to use Stabil.
This fuel was TWO years old..and the generator started and ran like a champ!
If you store engines without hibernating them, AT LEAST use Stabil!! It works!!