Leaving generator wet or not
So I've had a Yamaha ef3000 for 15-20 years now and I have used a technique on it that has worked so far, but I wonder if it is the best strategy or not. I only use double treated Stabil non-ethanol...
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old fuel can still varnish even if it is wet, in as little as 2 months. you are useing a fuel stabalizer in it, I had to look it up to see what you ment, so you should be fine over the winter and just start it up and burn it through in the spring. a stabalizer usaly is good for up to 6 months. I used to do that, then I switched to running the carb dry as my genny hardly gets used and even with stabalizer I was getting gunking as somtimes it wouldnt even run during a season. now I am back to wet but I am using synthetic fuel for the last tank. doesnt need a stabalizer, doesnt break down at all and it is always ready to go.
Synthetic gas? Holy fffff. Well that’s one way to do it.
Hard to believe the cost is worth the convenience to…anyone.I only put about 1 gal in, I was trying to see if stuff would stay better wet with a fuel that doesnt go bad, ever. I decided to dump some in and see how long it would go. and from what I have seen if you never use somthing it is better to leave them wet.
it is actualy cheep when you buy it in the bigger jugs. I do use it exclusivly in my weed wacker and my post hole digger.
I used normal gas in my genny but I ran the tank dry, then I put in the synth gas. that was 8 years ago. and it will still start second or third pull, sometimes first. so Iam not realy running it on synth gas, yes that would be pretty expensive, but if I ever do need it I will use real gas and then just run it dry, put synth fule in it and start it for a miniut to get it all in the carb and put it away again. I only start it once a year, originaly just to make sure it would start, now to see how long I can go with this synth fuel.
Fair enough.
if you have an airstrip nearby, 100LL is GREAT and much more economical for these types of applications where long term fuel storage is needed. Even though you don’t need the octane.
I have a bike that wants/needs the octane and likes the lead, so I use Av gas in it. But also , like you have switched to using it exclusively in my small 2 smoke engines and use it as a stable fuel for storage in things like the emergency generator.
