On 6/18/2013 8:16 PM, Califbill wrote:
"thumper" wrote in message ...
On 6/16/2013 6:03 PM, Califbill wrote:

I ran mine so little over the winter the gas went bad. The Yamaha T-8
kicker had gummed up carb and the Fuel Injected 350 chevy based engine
backfires at higher RPMS. Going to take it out later in the week to see
if the additives and extra fresh gas has allowed it to run good enough
to empty out the tank. At least it is not full with 70 gallons, but
only about 20 gallons in the tank.

You need to use it more... ;-)

If you just filled it with fresh or added another 20 gallons or so it
should be OK. I've never run my T-8 dry and it's been fine since new
although the longest it's sat was maybe 8-10 weeks and I add Stabil
before idle periods.

Today a neighbor asked if I had a chain-saw so I pulled it out and found
a note I'd left in the case that said "last used 11/19/07". I never
thought it would run on the little bit of old gas in the tank but it
fired up after ~6 pulls...!


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Been a dry spell on using the boat. Fell off the roof end of june,
which cut down on boating for a lot of the summer, broken wrist and then
we went to Yellowstone with friends for a couple weeks. Took the Kayak
and used that. This year we have traveled a lot. South Africa for 3+
weeks and then St. Thomas and then Costa Rica. Life is tough
sometimes. Was going out this week, but new window install was
postponed until today and tomorrow. Plus F'n wind is up. Ocean is
forecast 3-5 wind waves on top of 8' swells.

Ouch, sorry to hear about the fall but the travels sure sound interesting.

Maybe there's a nice responsible young family in the area that would be
willing to put a few hours on the clock for you every month or so.

I'm bound and determined to wear mine out before I die.