Is it ok to travel with a full plastic gas can on my bumper?
It doesn't seem safe but what else would I do? I haven't used my genny enough yet to know when I will need gas.
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pour the contents of the gas can into your van. Buy fresh gas at the last stop / gas station before you go into the boonies, and then put that on your bumper.
Ironically, today, I go out to my trailer to run the Honda EU2000i and it's hunting for steady rpms horribly in Eco Mode. Last ran it in December, fuel has Red Stabil and Techroline in it. Gas in tank was bought in Los Angeles in October with 10% ethanol. Junk, that stuff.
Pulled off intake and air filter, sprayed some GumOut carb cleaner in the two orfices at 3 and 9 0clock, then blew both of them out with a rubber tipped air hose at home, and now it's fine.
Ran the electric water heater on the generator after taking it back up to the trailer for 30 -40 minutes in Eco mode, where it ran pretty hard. Shut it down, and drained the float bowl on the Carb this time.
Lousy ethanol based fuel, the 5 gallons of pure gas I bought in Idaho was the good stuff, lasted 10 months with no problems from the fuel.
The gas here in California is imitation gas, it's lousy ethanol that messes your carb up. Don't store it long, burn it. Pink Stabil and Techroline don't make it last any longer, it's garbage fuel. When burnt in the engine, it smells almost like paint thinner for exhaust.
Ironically, today, I go out to my trailer to run the Honda EU2000i and it's hunting for steady rpms horribly in Eco Mode. Last ran it in December, fuel has Red Stabil and Techroline in it. Gas in tank was bought in Los Angeles in October with 10% ethanol. Junk, that stuff.
Pulled off intake and air filter, sprayed some GumOut carb cleaner in the two orfices at 3 and 9 0clock, then blew both of them out with a rubber tipped air hose at home, and now it's fine.
Ran the electric water heater on the generator after taking it back up to the trailer for 30 -40 minutes in Eco mode, where it ran pretty hard. Shut it down, and drained the float bowl on the Carb this time.
Lousy ethanol based fuel, the 5 gallons of pure gas I bought in Idaho was the good stuff, lasted 10 months with no problems from the fuel.
The gas here in California is imitation gas, it's lousy ethanol that messes your carb up. Don't store it long, burn it. Pink Stabil and Techroline don't make it last any longer, it's garbage fuel. When burnt in the engine, it smells almost like paint thinner for exhaust.
