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06-06-2017, 10:36 AM
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Re: Small engine repair thread
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Thanks. I didn't realize these little carbs could be rebuilt, I figured it was plug and play, "right click and go". lol
Sure wish back in high school I hadn't been too snobby to join the rednecks in auto shop class.
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Isn't that the truth. Some of us have talked about how we wish we would have taken shop in HS but back then you were considered a dummy.
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06-15-2017, 08:05 PM
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Re: Small engine repair thread
also dont leave fuel in it, in off season without putting a fuel stabilizer in it ,this new ethanol fuel is terrible on small engines ,very corrosive, it breaks down after a month too
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06-22-2017, 07:27 PM
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Re: Small engine repair thread
Ethanol blended fuels can decompose in as little as 60 days!!!!
Unbelieveable!
Why isn't Aquila outraged about that???? 
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06-22-2017, 07:33 PM
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Re: Small engine repair thread
Ok, I posted this in two other threads. But I just used a VP product called Fix It Fuel. I put it into an old dirty saw which had been sitting with old fuel in it since 2001. It started after 2 pulls. Amazing to say the least.
https://vpracingfuels.com/product/fix-it-fuel/
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06-22-2017, 10:36 PM
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Re: Small engine repair thread
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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
Ok, I posted this in two other threads. But I just used a VP product called Fix It Fuel. I put it into an old dirty saw which had been sitting with old fuel in it since 2001. It started after 2 pulls. Amazing to say the least.
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I'll have to give it a try, if I can find it local.
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06-23-2017, 04:53 AM
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Re: Small engine repair thread
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Originally Posted by good samaritan
I'll have to give it a try, if I can find it local.
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The website gives you your closet dealer when you enter your zip.
Today, I'm going to put it in a motorcycle and a few other motors.
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06-24-2017, 02:28 PM
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Re: Small engine repair thread
A closet dealer?
He needs to get out of the closet!
What's wrong with him?
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06-24-2017, 02:41 PM
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Re: Small engine repair thread
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Originally Posted by Dordrecht
A closet dealer?
He needs to get out of the closet!
What's wrong with him?
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I've called the closest dealer to me and his phone is disconnected. I drive by the shop all the time. He is still in business. I called the VP distributor but just get an automated voice mail. So, they must all be closet dealers.
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07-10-2017, 09:52 PM
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Re: Small engine repair thread
Amazing how poor fuel quality is now. I have rebuilt so many cabs in the last year for friends, etc. I have found that adding something like seafoam keeps the fuel from cruding everything up. Also anything with a fuel shutoff gets the carb run dry after each use and that has helped a lot.
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07-10-2017, 10:16 PM
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Re: Small engine repair thread
The poor fuel is directly linked to ethanol. People who use their machinery on a day to day basis never notice. Yet, equipment that sits for a long period of time will give you trouble. Seafoam works also running a carb dry before putting the equipment up. Primer bulbs on chainsaws, weedwhackers, Concrete saws, blowers, and arguers disintegrate due to ethanol destroying the rubber.
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