Recent content by Waltie

Ken, Thanks for your pointers on coolant and fuel change (I burn up the fuel in other equipment). Also for your remarks on running under load for a substantial period. I use Biobor JF as a fungicide. Any recommendations on a stabilizer? (All our tanks are steel.) Thanks!

Possums. Possums used to like to bear their young in two cubic-foot spaces in the concrete and steel "floating" mass to which our our single-cylinder 12.2 hp Witte Model CD (5"x8" bore/stroke) was bolted, the whole supported on "isomode" pads in the "power room" on the back of the house...

Thanks Jim!

Expense isn't my issue; rather I'm concerned that CF-4 (or similar) in an engine with only 9 hours might not allow proper break-in. Thanks!

The naturally aspirated Mitsubishi (Model S4L2, 1.8L) on my mother's standby generator in South Florida has less than 10 hours on it (chiefly from periodic unloaded running for "storage in operational condition"). This is a fraction of the recommended 50-hour first drain interval for a new...