good to the last drop. coffee maybe not gas

[38racing]

had a Murphy evening. restoring a mtd rider. rear tire was going soft and found inner sidewall crack. generous slime and left sitting to hit the spot seemed to workk. cut front lawn. next day the back. then went along the road but the side pressure goung along the drain area resulted in a flat. getting dark. towrd it back. jumped on another rider i had just moved but remembered it was outt of fuel. filled it with what was left in 20 litre jug. never made it to the grass. got it running on carb cleaner after checking filter and pump. it stayed running. then I made it to the grass and died again. towed it back. decided to drain gas and immediately saw off colour blobs floating around. next day I drained completely and filled from full container and finished. and I haven't bought gas with ethanol in it for long time. maybe need to make sure jugs kept out of rain.

[Fulltilt]

had a Murphy evening. restoring a mtd rider. rear tire was going soft and found inner sidewall crack. generous slime and left sitting to hit the spot seemed to workk. cut front lawn. next day the back. then went along the road but the side pressure goung along the drain area resulted in a flat. getting dark. towrd it back. jumped on another rider i had just moved but remembered it was outt of fuel. filled it with what was left in 20 litre jug. never made it to the grass. got it running on carb cleaner after checking filter and pump. it stayed running. then I made it to the grass and died again. towed it back. decided to drain gas and immediately saw off colour blobs floating around. next day I drained completely and filled from full container and finished. and I haven't bought gas with ethanol in it for long time. maybe need to make sure jugs kept out of rain.

You think?

[bgsengine]

had a Murphy evening. restoring a mtd rider. rear tire was going soft and found inner sidewall crack. generous slime and left sitting to hit the spot seemed to workk. cut front lawn. next day the back. then went along the road but the side pressure goung along the drain area resulted in a flat. getting dark. towrd it back. jumped on another rider i had just moved but remembered it was outt of fuel. filled it with what was left in 20 litre jug. never made it to the grass. got it running on carb cleaner after checking filter and pump. it stayed running. then I made it to the grass and died again. towed it back. decided to drain gas and immediately saw off colour blobs floating around. next day I drained completely and filled from full container and finished. and I haven't bought gas with ethanol in it for long time. maybe need to make sure jugs kept out of rain.

You think?

[KE4AVB]

Cleaned up a mess of that slime that look to have a fibers added from TB Mustang ZTR rear wheel. The customer had put the stuff in trying to fix a tire leak down. It would only hold part of the time and other times leaked like it wasn't even there other than leaking green slime out.

As I said had a mess to clean out the tire and wheel so I could install a inner tube to fix the problem. That fiber stuff looked like grass clipping so it probably was plastic. Personally I don't use the slime or tire plugs neither seems work permanently. The tire plugs usually start leaking after some wear as they never get hot enough to cure properly. As for the slime it doesn't work very well at sealing sidewalls either.

As the fuel containers sitting out in the rain I don't have problem with that but mine are tightly sealed too. Probably why I don't see problems out the ethanol fuel I use here, plus I don't want stray fuel vapors around the cutting torch or filling the shop as the compressor's motor brushes has nice arcs while running.

[38racing]

I have assumed that mine are sealed too but since they will be stored outside I will have to cover them.

[bobodu]

Quit buy them litre things...

[Skywatcher]

Hi 38

My fuel can collection consists of 8 cans as follows:

2 x 25 litre cans of Shell V-Power 91 octane gasoline
2 x 24 litre cans of Shell Bronze 87 octane gasoline
2 x 22 litre cans of Shell regular diesel (emergency rations for the VW Golf)
1 x 5 US gallon metal can of 100 octane low lead aviation gas for vintage equipment (motorcycles and chainsaws).

I have one 10 litre can of fuel in the shop that contains ½ & ½ 91 octane and 87 octane fuel giving 89 octane equivalent for general purpose fueling of customer equipment. All 2-cycle fuel is mixed with 91 octane only.

All fuel containers are stored in a separate outbuilding that has no windows and is kept locked. All fuel is stabilized immediately after purchase (stabilizer measured into cans before heading to gas station which is 13 miles away. Some people say I'm almost too fussy about how I handle and store my fuel, but I haven't had a fuel related problem in any of my equipment for 16+ years. All the best,

Sky

[38racing]

I'm planning on replacing my 20 litre cans with 10 litre ones. I'm finding the 20s just too heavy as I age . I've tried a couple of those pumping gadgets but they never lasted long.