I'm starting to wonder if this is good, bad, or overkill for my generator. I keep Sta-bil in it, but there's a tiny overflow hole in the carburetor float bowl, so the gas in the bowl is exposed to air. After its monthly exercise, I turn off the fuel valve and after about a minute it burns off what's in the float bowl. It takes a good 10 seconds of cranking with the electric starter before it fires up the next time, despite a several pumps on the primer. Would I be better off leaving the float bowl full and trust the Sta-bil to keep the fuel from getting gummy?
Generator upkeep question
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I do the same thing, shut the gas off and let it run out. I don't have any problems restarting though, not that I think you really do.
10 seconds? Have you timed it? You know how everything seems longer than it really takes.
Next month, shut it down then turn off the gas. See how it starts.
No matter what, you aren't going to have the bowl totally empty. It can't. The engine won't run when the level gets low enough as the mixture gets lean.
10 seconds? Have you timed it? You know how everything seems longer than it really takes.
Next month, shut it down then turn off the gas. See how it starts.
No matter what, you aren't going to have the bowl totally empty. It can't. The engine won't run when the level gets low enough as the mixture gets lean.
This is a never ending debate. The four general consensus are
-- store bone dry
-- run two stroke/mmo/stabil and run dry
-- leave wet with stabil
-- fog the cylinders.
Another pro tip is to physically drain the tank every 6 months to a year and run that in the car. Sta bil is not forever. Conversely you could mothball the tank and run it off your motorcycle/motorboat/etc tank with a few feet of hose for its monthly exercise.
-- store bone dry
-- run two stroke/mmo/stabil and run dry
-- leave wet with stabil
-- fog the cylinders.
Another pro tip is to physically drain the tank every 6 months to a year and run that in the car. Sta bil is not forever. Conversely you could mothball the tank and run it off your motorcycle/motorboat/etc tank with a few feet of hose for its monthly exercise.
I turn the fuel valve off and let it run till it dies after monthly run exercise or if it was used for a reason during the month.
When I turn the fuel valve on (and cap vent), I wait a minute to fill the carb before yankin the rope to start. One of my motorcycles is like that too. No use cranking unless the carb gets re-filled.
When I turn the fuel valve on (and cap vent), I wait a minute to fill the carb before yankin the rope to start. One of my motorcycles is like that too. No use cranking unless the carb gets re-filled.
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