I was advised to always use gasoline that hasn't been sitting around
too long by the repairman when there are problems starting it up.
Does the fuel lose it potency after being mixed with two stoke oil and
if this is so, how long before it needs to be discarded?

Meat Plow wrote:

My aim was off a bit and the question was supposed to land in
alt.home.repair, Thanks for the reply.

Joe wrote:
Good advice.


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On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:29:46 -1000, Joe <Joe@invalid.org> wrote:

Petrol tends to lose the more volatile components as it just sits
there. If the container were compeletely airtight, this should not
happen though.

jd

"Joe" <Joe@invalid.org> wrote in message
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My chainsaw manual reccomends not using gas that has been in storage for
more than 3 months and to drain the chainsaw fuel tank if unused for that
time.

Richard cried out

I screwed up the carb on a riding mower (regular gas, not two cycle)
two winters in a row by leaving gas in it for a long time without
using it. The gas carmelized inside the carb basically causing me to
have to take it down to have it thouroughy cleaned (pretty much
rebuilt) stay-bill helps!

On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 08:12:03 +0000, Rosco wrote:

How long did you let it sit unused, that allowed that to happen?


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Blinky the Shark cried out

dont remember exactly, i know that the first time part of the steering
broke mid summer didnt fix it for probably about a year lol, dont ask i
used to procrastinate, the second time something funky happend to the
transaxle, had to have it rebuilt both times it was down for more than
just a few months