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alank2
Explorer
Jul 15, 2016

Generator question - let carb run dry or keep it wet?

I was helping my father in law get his genset running yesterday and ran into the same issue we ran into about 6 months ago. It wouldn't start, was difficult to pull the cord. It would finally start ...
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Kayteg1
Explorer II
Jul 15, 2016
Gasoline when evaporating in carburetor will leave varnishes and other nasty stuff that can prevent the float from closing - therefore problems on the restart.
I always run carburetors dry and my 20 years old pressure washer starts on 1st pull 98 out of 100 times.
Never used stabil and even 2 years old gasoline seems to run fine on machine stored under the cover.

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