klutchdust wrote:
Having been around diesel and gas engines for a lifetime I know this :
" as it starts to die on you, spray a little starting fluid in the carb to keep it running
- keep doing it until you are tired of doing so"
This in my opinion is a terrible idea, to keep an engine running on starting fluid and here's why.
Do you notice that the engine chatters, clacks and everything else while using starting fluid/ether? Starting fluid puts engines under stress, it strips the cylinders of lubrication. Sure you can spray a little if you like, it's your engine however I have not purchased or used any in my engines ever since I saw a mechanic use it, walk away then another mechanic came along and not knowing ether was sprayed - hit the glow plug button on the diesel tractor and the explosion removed the head gaskets from the block.
Also, I am very disappointed in Sta-bil fuel additive. I have used it and still have had issues with my small engines, the ones I cannot run out of fuel before storing. Now, a product called "mechanic in a bottle" used it, it works, I recommend it to friends with no mechanical ability for their mowers etc.
so I am not asked to do a carb rebuild .....:C
