Why diesel trucks?
Judging from my other two posts a lot of folks that responded drive DRW diesel trucks to carry the heavier multi slide campers. I understand the DRW for heavier payload but why diesel? Just looking at...
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Grit dog wrote:jimh425 wrote:wnjj wrote:
Maybe in a carburetor where there are small quantities exposed to air but completely not an issue in a large fuel tank that is before the filter anyway.
I rope started a snowmobile that had 5 year old gas in it. Just added some fresh after it started and all was well.
Surprised you use ethanol gasoline in your snowmobile.
One of the reasons people put STA-BIL in fuel is varnish build up. I’ve experienced it. https://www.goldeagle.com/product/sta-bil-fuel-stabilizer/ is what they say about it. Of course, they sell a product, so you may/may not believe them.
I don’t know if your 5 year old fuel had STA-BIL, ethanol, or either.
Stabilizing fuel is like explaining radar detectors to someone who doesn’t speed. How do you know it works if you didn’t have a problem?
Takes a couple spending tickets to figure it out.
I’ve had or fixed more gummed up carbs than both of us have fingers and toes to count, but I’ve also had hundreds of machines that sat for a season or a year with stabilized or drained and run dry that didn’t have an issue.
Forgot the gen set last year with old (likely ethanol unless it was siphoned from the Sno machines) gas in it. Didn’t drain, run out or stabilize. Guess what ran for 20min and died this past winter first time the power went out? When the gas smells like turpentine and it’s been sitting in the carbs long enough to evaporate it’s literally a coin flip whether it’ll run or not.
You're making my point. Gas goes bad in carbs far easier than in a 10-20 gallon tank. Leaving a modern fuel injected gas-powered truck sitting for long periods is not the same as a small, carb'd engine. It's the "leftovers" from the evaporation the plug small spaces.
I've had a few plugged jets over the years on a few of the many engines I have that sit for various lengths of time. The snowmobile probably had a dry carb and a decent volume of gas in the tank when it sat. I don't remember if I used Sta-Bil or not.
The question I was responding specifically to was: "What happens to the gas you put in your tank during summer and let it sit there until hunting season?"
My response: Nothing spectacular.
