In addition to the Healey which I lay up for 4-5 months during snow season,
I have a lawn tractor, gas trimmer and gas blower and I never change the
gas. Never have had a problem starting them (the lawn machines all have
battery start) except once in a while I forget to charge the batteries for
the trimmer and blower. I also have the same air in my tires that I put in
around 15 years ago. It is Las Vegas air so it is smog free (at least Vegas
was when I lived there)
John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ
http://www.healey6.com
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From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at
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On Behalf Of Bob Spidell
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 8:54 AM
To: Bob Yule
Cc: HEALEY LIST
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Gas
Another data point:
My father is a farmer and has a 500-gallon gas tank for his tractors, etc.
He's semi-retired and has contracted out most of the farm work, so the 500
gallons can last quite a long time (over a year). We fill all our cars that
can run 87-octane--including my Mustang GT--from that tank and we have never
had any problems we could attribute to that gas.
I fill a 2-gallon steel can for my lawnmower, and 2 gallons can last me up
to 2 years (so the gas can be up to 3 years old). This can appears to have
no lining and the insides of the can are absolutely spot-free and bright
metal. Mower always starts on the first or second pull, even on the
three-year-old gas.
Bob
On 4/29/2011 5:27 AM, Bob Yule wrote:
> It's often said that 90% of carburetor problems are electrical.
> I wonder if some of these ethanol/gas problems fall into that
> category. My Healey sat all winter (Canadian winter) and started as soon
as the pump had done its job.
> Same with two MG'S that we have. I have two lawn mowers, both of them
> started right away and our gas powered trimmer started with the same
> amount of cord pulling that it always takes. All these machines were
> simply parked for the winter with the batteries removed, and started
> on the same gas that was left in them.
> We buy most of our gas from the local agricultural Co-op, and I
> would bet it has all the ethanol in it that is allowed.
> Cheers.......Bob
> Check out our web site www.autofarm.net
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