Re: Fuel

Posted by Wesley Boyer On 2012/5/4 7:01:28

I had three exhaust valves that were diffcult to pull out and two of the three were almost impossible to pull out by hand. (Now that I think of it, it also the same valves (exhaust) sticking in my B/S engines for my lawn tools.)

Since I work so slow, I would guess 3 to 6 months and than after that the tank was removed the engine wasn't cranked over for about a year. (Ouch) That's when I found no compression in four out of eight cylinders.

The tank had been cleaned and coated by a local Raditor Shop, so I'm don't know what all they used but I had ran many tanks of gas though and had no problems, until this. The sender was removed during the cleaning and checked and in good working condition and I replaced the cork float with a brass float. (I don't know what happen to the brass float.)

Around here (Memphis, TN) it's been the small engines that are beening effected more than anything else, lawn mowers, boat motors, and ATV's.

Lately I heard that if you keep your gas tank full that less air with moisture will get into the tank and less chance of what they call fuel seperation and use a good fuel stabilizer.