Hard starting generator
Leaving gas in any motor for more than 6 months even with stabiliser is
not the best thing gas still deteriorates but slower. Most manufacturers recommend only 3 months gas storage, you do risk gumming the carb. Sure Either-Starting fluid works, but needing it indicates a gummed carb or junk gas, why risk it for a 100-150$ carb rebuild. A gen needs only to be run every 6 months to keep the gen head from possibly loosing residual magnatism, any load induced while running will remagnatise-charge the field. Running for just 5 minutes doesn't fully heat up the oil to burn out blowby pollutants in the oil. I keep my gen empty of gas and pour in only enough for a 30 minute test, and run it dry. A test must include a load even 100 just watts, to be sure the gen head stays magnetized. |
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