> TR250Driver@aol.com writes:
>> I have used fuel stabilizer and I used to fill up the
>> tanks. However, I have switched to running most of the gas out of them
>> now
>> because they like to run like crap the following spring with the old gas.
>
> Any car with an intact evaporation control system (unvented tank and
> charcoal
> canister) will keep the gas fresh for 5 months. Heck, I've started a TR6
> on
> three your old gas. The battery was dead and the carbs leaked like
> sprinklers
> but it ran fine. If you are storing a TR3 for 5 months I'd consider
> stabil
> or something like that but I store my mower for about that long with no
> problems.
>
> Dave
Isn't more of the issue of using old gas that it gums up the carbs, causing
premature yuk in there?
Terry Smith
'59 TR3A TS 58667
New Hampshire
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