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profdant139
Explorer II
Feb 18, 2021

Genset carb upkeep:  drain it and/or exercise it? Both?

I've got an old Honda 2000 -- it runs great, and I want to keep it that way.  So every month, I run it under load and then also drain the carb. (I should add that I use SeaFoam in my tank religi...
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Matt_Colie
Explorer II
Feb 18, 2021
Thank you to Gdetrailer.

I have been telling those I could about the post WWII varish for years now and people keeps saying that this is not what (fill in the manufacturer) has in the manual. (A manual that probably has a 1943 copyright date). Then I try to ask if the person advising this also sells parts?

Alcohol is an issue because it collects water and then precipitates and that mix is corrosive. SO DRAIN the thing.....

Matt

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