3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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IMHO, there is nothing WRONG with Sea Foam. Just be aware of what you are spending your $7 a can for.
For cleaning out the top end of an engine (valves, piston, head) I like PB Blaster Lawn Mower Engine Tune-UP or BK engine cleaner. I am sure there are others that will soften carbon and gunk as well. I get the PB stuff at Tractor Supply.
Gas at Mom & Pop or discount outlets will vary according to where you live. In my town gas for Kroger comes straight from the Shell Oil tanker terminal. Of course, it could come from elsewhere next year if another company turns in a lower bid. I do NOT buy discount gas away from home because I do not know where it comes from. Of course, I no longer buy much gas away from home anymore anyway. I fill up the Volvo at truck stops in the truck fuel lanes with diesel.
Bob is right about corrosive substances and avoiding them. Again, Methanol Alcohol, Ammonia and Phosphoric Acid are some used in various fuel tank additives. Read the label. If they do not tell you the contents there is probably a good reason! I try to avoid eating, drinking or using anything that I can not identify what it is made-up from.
Bob has reminded me of a story from my past.
A buddy had a 50cc two-stroke Sears MoPed and could not keep up with those of us owning larger scooters or bikes (this was when I was 14 or 15 years old)like the Cushman Eagles and Sachs JB's of the era. Tommy came up with a concoction consisting of 1 gallon of Gulf Crest (then 106 octane), a pint can of model airplane glow plug fuel and a bottle of ether (which we could by over the counter at the farm store). He topped it all off with a GOLD plated twin electrode Wizard spark plug from Western Auto.
The little two-stroke MoPed would scream with this fuel concoction. But, after paying for rebuilding his engine when his piston melted he decided to go back to regular gasoline for fuel. :B
For cleaning out the top end of an engine (valves, piston, head) I like PB Blaster Lawn Mower Engine Tune-UP or BK engine cleaner. I am sure there are others that will soften carbon and gunk as well. I get the PB stuff at Tractor Supply.
Gas at Mom & Pop or discount outlets will vary according to where you live. In my town gas for Kroger comes straight from the Shell Oil tanker terminal. Of course, it could come from elsewhere next year if another company turns in a lower bid. I do NOT buy discount gas away from home because I do not know where it comes from. Of course, I no longer buy much gas away from home anymore anyway. I fill up the Volvo at truck stops in the truck fuel lanes with diesel.
Bob is right about corrosive substances and avoiding them. Again, Methanol Alcohol, Ammonia and Phosphoric Acid are some used in various fuel tank additives. Read the label. If they do not tell you the contents there is probably a good reason! I try to avoid eating, drinking or using anything that I can not identify what it is made-up from.
Bob has reminded me of a story from my past.
A buddy had a 50cc two-stroke Sears MoPed and could not keep up with those of us owning larger scooters or bikes (this was when I was 14 or 15 years old)like the Cushman Eagles and Sachs JB's of the era. Tommy came up with a concoction consisting of 1 gallon of Gulf Crest (then 106 octane), a pint can of model airplane glow plug fuel and a bottle of ether (which we could by over the counter at the farm store). He topped it all off with a GOLD plated twin electrode Wizard spark plug from Western Auto.
The little two-stroke MoPed would scream with this fuel concoction. But, after paying for rebuilding his engine when his piston melted he decided to go back to regular gasoline for fuel. :B
