"CaveLamb" wrote in message
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Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
I fired up my Tohatsu SailPro a little while ago just to exercise it
before going for a sail tomorrow. (Winds predicted to be 10-15 knots with
afternoon temps close to 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Water temperature around
60 degrees Fahrenheit. Jealous?

After sitting for three weeks, the SailPro started on the very first
pull.

What I do that helps is when shutting the engine down I disconnect the
fuel line and let it idle and from time to time I push in the Schrader
valve in the fuel intake fitting so all the gasoline in the fuel lines
proceeds to the float bowl in the carburetor so when the motor finally
dies after several minutes there is no gasoline remaining to sour and
turn into shellac and clog the jets.

A word to the wise is sufficient.



Add a fuel preservative anyway, Wilbur.

We just don't burn enough gas fast enough for it to stay fresh in the
tank.



When the dregs begin to smell rancid in the tank, I usually just dump it
overboard and refill it with fresh fuel. Gasoline hardly even makes a sheen
and it evaporates in about ten minutes. Gasoline can't turn rancid in the
carburetor if one runs the motor until the float bowl is empty. Either that
or hand-drain the float bowl.

--
Gregory Hall