Paul Bunions
ArboristSite Member
My Echo 20" saw had carb problems after I let it sit for a couple of months, and now I'm stuck waiting for a backed-up repair place to adjust it. I took out my Echo pole saw to do a little work, and it was gummed up, too. I ran my Chinese generator so I could do some welding. It wouldn't run at full throttle, and it will only start when I shoot carb cleaner into it.
The generator amazed me, because I ran it dry the last time I used it. I was instructed to do this to prevent carb problems. The pole saw had Sta-bil in it.
I've had it with crap gas. It amazes me that America is stupid enough to pay fat cats to grow corn so we can ruin engines with it. We ought to bomb Iowa and start making real gas again.
Today I bought a 5-gallon can, and I filled it with ethanol-free gas. I'm going to put Sta-bil and 2-stroke oil in it, and I'll save it for my 2-stroke equipment. I was amazed to see that 90-octane gas with no crap in it only cost 14 cents per gallon more than 87-octane corn squeezin's. Apparently, the corn idiocy doesn't even save us money.
Is there a chance in hell this will work? Is there no way to prevent these machines from choking?
Also, do I sound frustrated at all?
The generator amazed me, because I ran it dry the last time I used it. I was instructed to do this to prevent carb problems. The pole saw had Sta-bil in it.
I've had it with crap gas. It amazes me that America is stupid enough to pay fat cats to grow corn so we can ruin engines with it. We ought to bomb Iowa and start making real gas again.
Today I bought a 5-gallon can, and I filled it with ethanol-free gas. I'm going to put Sta-bil and 2-stroke oil in it, and I'll save it for my 2-stroke equipment. I was amazed to see that 90-octane gas with no crap in it only cost 14 cents per gallon more than 87-octane corn squeezin's. Apparently, the corn idiocy doesn't even save us money.
Is there a chance in hell this will work? Is there no way to prevent these machines from choking?
Also, do I sound frustrated at all?