On 5/25/15 6:32 PM, Califbill wrote:
True North wrote:
Johnny.....I operate on a 5 month use and 7 month storage schedule.
Manual says to treat gas and run for a bit and then fog
cylinders.....which is exactly what the dealer does at the end of the
season. And yes, this is a 4 stroke motor and no one confuses 2 stroke oil with 4 stroke.
In the spring I burn off the previous years treated gas and then change
my water filter. Motor starts up right away and might smoke for a
couple of minutes...but works well after warming up.

Why would you keep gas over the winter? When you cover the boat for
winter, pour the gas in the RAV4 from all the gas cans. Start new in the
spring. I have had problems with my boat and old gas after an extended
layup. But my tank is harder to empty. 70 gallons.



Perhaps you can travel up to where Don lives and suck on the rubber hose
that goes into his boat's fuel tank in order to start the suction.

On Mon, 25 May 2015 18:41:14 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 5/25/15 6:32 PM, Califbill wrote:
True North wrote:
Johnny.....I operate on a 5 month use and 7 month storage schedule.
Manual says to treat gas and run for a bit and then fog
cylinders.....which is exactly what the dealer does at the end of the
season. And yes, this is a 4 stroke motor and no one confuses 2 stroke oil with 4 stroke.
In the spring I burn off the previous years treated gas and then change
my water filter. Motor starts up right away and might smoke for a
couple of minutes...but works well after warming up.

Why would you keep gas over the winter? When you cover the boat for
winter, pour the gas in the RAV4 from all the gas cans. Start new in the
spring. I have had problems with my boat and old gas after an extended
layup. But my tank is harder to empty. 70 gallons.



Perhaps you can travel up to where Don lives and suck on the rubber hose
that goes into his boat's fuel tank in order to start the suction.

===

Ahh, yet another example of your so called "clever" liberal arts
writing skills I suppose. No wonder that you never amounted to
anything.

On 5/25/2015 6:32 PM, Califbill wrote:
True North wrote:
Johnny.....I operate on a 5 month use and 7 month storage schedule.
Manual says to treat gas and run for a bit and then fog
cylinders.....which is exactly what the dealer does at the end of the
season. And yes, this is a 4 stroke motor and no one confuses 2 stroke oil with 4 stroke.
In the spring I burn off the previous years treated gas and then change
my water filter. Motor starts up right away and might smoke for a
couple of minutes...but works well after warming up.


Why would you keep gas over the winter? When you cover the boat for
winter, pour the gas in the RAV4 from all the gas cans. Start new in the
spring. I have had problems with my boat and old gas after an extended
layup. But my tank is harder to empty. 70 gallons.


Some of us don't live in nice warm climates. I keep at least 5 gallons
of gas handy for the snowblower and the little generator in the winter.
It's stored outside and I add the recommended amount of Stabil to it.

Last winter I had a 5 gallon jug and a 1 gallon jug sitting outside both
of which were promptly buried under 5 feet of snow. Fortunately,
we never lost power all winter and the snow was too deep to use the snow
blower on. I just emptied both in my truck a couple of weeks ago.
Truck happily burned it with no hiccups.

I also had about half a gallon of gas mixed with 2 stroke oil that I use
for my chainsaw. It sat for over a year with Stabil in it. I've been
doing some serious tree trimming in the past couple of weeks and the
chain saw runs just fine on the old gas. Again, stored outside, buried
in snow during the winter and over a year old.

On Mon, 25 May 2015 18:58:40 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 5/25/2015 6:32 PM, Califbill wrote:
True North wrote:
Johnny.....I operate on a 5 month use and 7 month storage schedule.
Manual says to treat gas and run for a bit and then fog
cylinders.....which is exactly what the dealer does at the end of the
season. And yes, this is a 4 stroke motor and no one confuses 2 stroke oil with 4 stroke.
In the spring I burn off the previous years treated gas and then change
my water filter. Motor starts up right away and might smoke for a
couple of minutes...but works well after warming up.


Why would you keep gas over the winter? When you cover the boat for
winter, pour the gas in the RAV4 from all the gas cans. Start new in the
spring. I have had problems with my boat and old gas after an extended
layup. But my tank is harder to empty. 70 gallons.


Some of us don't live in nice warm climates. I keep at least 5 gallons
of gas handy for the snowblower and the little generator in the winter.
It's stored outside and I add the recommended amount of Stabil to it.

Last winter I had a 5 gallon jug and a 1 gallon jug sitting outside both
of which were promptly buried under 5 feet of snow. Fortunately,
we never lost power all winter and the snow was too deep to use the snow
blower on. I just emptied both in my truck a couple of weeks ago.
Truck happily burned it with no hiccups.

I also had about half a gallon of gas mixed with 2 stroke oil that I use
for my chainsaw. It sat for over a year with Stabil in it. I've been
doing some serious tree trimming in the past couple of weeks and the
chain saw runs just fine on the old gas. Again, stored outside, buried
in snow during the winter and over a year old.



===

For some reason 2 strokes have always seemed more tolerant of older
fuel. Possibly the carbs have bigger passages or some such.

The motor has no fuel in and the tank was dry

Lord help us all!
I'm starting to think Scott Secord Dickson is the smartest of y'all mangy Moppits.
I clearly stated that the gas in the red cans gets used in the fall and the boat's internal fuel tank is filled and treated for winter storage. This gas is used late spring and then the water filter is changed.

Lord help us all!
I'm starting to think Scott Secord Dickson is the smartest of y'all mangy Moppits.
I clearly stated that the gas in the red cans gets used in the fall and the boat's internal fuel tank is filled and treated for winter storage. This gas is used late spring and then the water filter is changed.

On Mon, 25 May 2015 14:12:22 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Johnny...Johnny..
Stinky asked me about the 6 gallon "tank"....
I have a couple of 20 liter (or 5 US gallon) cans that I use up in the fall.
Earlier I talked about the boat's built in tank that holds about 15 'merican gallons.
That is the gas I burn up in the spring.
Clear enough for you or do I have to get your new recruit, Dickson, to explain it?

Just follow the given advice. It sounds like you're confusing yourself.

It's easy...old gas is bad gas.
--

Guns don't cause problems.
Gun owner behavior causes problems.

On Mon, 25 May 2015 16:34:45 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Lord help us all!
I'm starting to think Scott Secord Dickson is the smartest of y'all mangy Moppits.
I clearly stated that the gas in the red cans gets used in the fall and the boat's internal fuel tank is filled and treated for winter storage. This gas is used late spring and then the water filter is changed.

This infatuation with slammer may be your problem. You're getting more and more
confused.
--

Guns don't cause problems.
Gun owner behavior causes problems.

On Mon, 25 May 2015 18:56:35 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 25 May 2015 18:41:14 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 5/25/15 6:32 PM, Califbill wrote:
True North wrote:
Johnny.....I operate on a 5 month use and 7 month storage schedule.
Manual says to treat gas and run for a bit and then fog
cylinders.....which is exactly what the dealer does at the end of the
season. And yes, this is a 4 stroke motor and no one confuses 2 stroke oil with 4 stroke.
In the spring I burn off the previous years treated gas and then change
my water filter. Motor starts up right away and might smoke for a
couple of minutes...but works well after warming up.

Why would you keep gas over the winter? When you cover the boat for
winter, pour the gas in the RAV4 from all the gas cans. Start new in the
spring. I have had problems with my boat and old gas after an extended
layup. But my tank is harder to empty. 70 gallons.



Perhaps you can travel up to where Don lives and suck on the rubber hose
that goes into his boat's fuel tank in order to start the suction.

===

Ahh, yet another example of your so called "clever" liberal arts
writing skills I suppose. No wonder that you never amounted to
anything.

'He' thinks he's quite clever.
--

Guns don't cause problems.
Gun owner behavior causes problems.