Originally Posted by
Don 130
I'm told by the old blokes at my mower shop that modern fuel goes stale very quickly, but that fuel conditioner will alleviate the problem. As I was being lectured on this topic, the bloke from a very large tree lopping company came up behind me. He said that the use of the fuel conditioner had reduced their small engine maintenance to less than half what it had previously been. I now use it in fuel for all my small petrol engines, 2 and 4 stroke, and have no starting problems. Even my brush cutter starts usually with 1 or 2 pulls, and I bought that in 1986.
Don.
Don,
Seems to be a problem with any petrol powered item that is used infrequently. Makes you wonder what the difference is with petrol nowadays.
The stabilisers seem to work for up to 1 year. Anything longer and you need to drain the fuel and re-fill.
I've also had problems with old fuel turning into varnish. Fuel pumps on two of my Land Rovers kept stopping, the varnish was sealing the valves shut !
Colin
'56 Series 1 with homemade welder
'65 Series IIa Dormobile
'70 SIIa GS
'76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
'81 SIII FFR
'95 Defender Tanami
'58 Series II (sold)
Motorcycles :-
Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C
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