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recently bought a 1967 arrow ski boat
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recently bought a 1967 arrow ski boat
On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:41:32 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote: On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:09:42 -0400, wrote: If you want the benefit of storing a carb dry, you must disassemble it, clean it with solvent and then blow it completely dry with compressed air. You can't leave a few drops of gasoline in any nooks, crannies or jets without bad consequences. That's technically correct Yes, that's why I thought it important to mention it. A small amount of raw gas left in the carb may (will) cause more harm than a carb full of properly treated gas. For storage that is anticipated to be longer than a year, or at most two, the carb should be disassembled as described above regardless. Otherwise, plan on trouble when you next want to use it. It's a LOT harder to clean a carb and fuel system after it has been allowed to sit with stale gas in it for too long. |
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recently bought a 1967 arrow ski boat
Wayne.B wrote in
: On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:09:42 -0400, wrote: If you want the benefit of storing a carb dry, you must disassemble it, clean it with solvent and then blow it completely dry with compressed air. You can't leave a few drops of gasoline in any nooks, crannies or jets without bad consequences. That's technically correct but letting the motor run out of gas before storage delivers most of the benefits with a lot less effort. Stabilized gas can still gum up, it just takes longer. Another thing that works better on a run-almost-dry outboard is storing it on it SIDE rather than hanging upright on a stand. Any fuel left in the bowl is now against the top side of the bowl, so when it evaporates what tiny residue it leaves is nowhere near the jets in the bottom of the bowl, so no threat to clogging them. When you crank it back up next time, the new gas flowing through the engine will, eventually, redissolve the tiny residue while you're cruising along on the clean jets....(c;] Ah, some of the benefits of a SIMPLE two-stroke engine....no crankcase oil. -- ----- Larry Noone will be safe until the last lawyer has been strangled by the entrails of the last cleric. |
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