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Harry 

On 7/27/10 11:18 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:23:37 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:36:43 -0400, wrote:

I don't run any sort of inline filter, but if you are having trouble,
due to rust or bad gas, I would suggest that 19 micron is pretty
coarse as your defense. I would have a 10 as my coarse filter and a 2
micron filter between that and the engine.

The filter is good advice. We were having problems with our 4 stroke
Honda dinghy engine until I added an external filter. Since adding
the filter, no problems. When I dump out the filter after changing
the element, there is always a fair amount of crud and water.

I agree. I am not very particular about gas, who ever has it the
cheapest and I don't have any trouble. I do have one of those Racor
spin on filter separators tho. My mower does not have a filter and I
am blowing out that carb a couple times a year. I think gas is just
getting dirtier these days.Some stations used to have a filter on the
hose but I imagine maintaining that was a hassle.

For that mower, just buy a funnel with a filter. I got a "Mr.Funnel"
with a good filter on Amazon. I think it was about $15.