Charlie Morgan wrote:

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:42:14 -0500, sherwindu
wrote:

I get gummed up jets even using the Stabil and/or Sea Foam products. They
seem to work for a few weeks, and then I have to strip and clean the carbs
again. I suspect the problem is in the gasohol product, but I can't prove
it.


I am beginning to STRONGLY suspect that you either need to change
where you purchase your fuel,

I buy it from different places.

or completely clean your tank of built
up problems from the past.

Draining the tank did not reveal any suspicious amounts of dirt. There was
some black oily stuff I removed from the float chamber though.

...You probably need to do both.

CWM

I cleaned my tank and drained the fuel lines and carb, but the jets were
already
plugged up. Only cleaning the jets fixed the problem, for now. I received an
interesting
reply on another Usenet boating forum, rec.boats.cruising from 'Larry', who
gave
a strong arguement that shellac formed after the fuel evaporates in the carb is
the
big culprit, and that Stabil type products don't help. His suggestion was to
run the
carbs dry after every usage. I'm going to try that, although as I mentioned
before,
it's an additional job to do every time the engine is used.

Sherwin D.