Fuel Tank Refurb
Good Morning all, So I just bought a new to me 2011 Open Roads Rolling Thunder Toy Hauler. The previous owner never used the fueling station on the camper. I am wondering what would be a g...
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Sagebrush wrote:
I just tried burning some E10 that's been sitting for over 6 months says the previous owner. It didn't go well. New purchase, who knows how old the fuel really is. I thought it was clean looking normal smelling fuel too, it ran okay for a couple times and then things went south. Hopefully I can just drain and refill with something a bit fresher...
Since OP isn't really participating, I'll keep the off topic going.
Some are unknowingly on the "better lucky than good" camp with fuel.
Hear it all the time. And miracles do happen. Our new camper had, at least 4 year old gas in the genny tank. As evidenced by the orig owner literally only put a few hours on it and believed it ran off of LP. LOL, seriously...
Tank smelled like mineral spirits and it didn't even have enough to pickup and pump from the gas hose nozzle. Unbelievably, it actually started and ran! (Runs better on fresh gas though)
That phenomena is in direct conflict with the dozens of plugged carbs I've cleaned out on personal, others or work engines over the year.
What does work though, without argument, is fresh fuel. Non E lasts longer than E blends. Fuel stabilizers work and higher quality, more stable fuel works even longer. The last few years I've quit running stabilizer or draining dry all the small engines in the shed.
But I run AV gas in them, either exclusively or for sure at the end of the season. And they start like it was just last week after sitting for half a year.
