[AT] Old gas residue

[Tom Armstrong]

I was given a Lincoln 200 welder with a V4 Wisconsin engine on it. It has
been sitting for many years bit the engine has compression and spark. I
put some gas in the tank but soon found it was not going anywhere. It
would not even get to the filter bowl. It turned into a sticky nasty foul
smelling stuff. I almost wish I had not put any new gas in it, the dry
residue might have been easier to deal with. My wife almost kicked me out
of the house the smell was so bad.

This is something I have run into before. I suspect the gas that was in
there was from the '70's and all evaporated in the hot weather. I don't
think today's gas does this so bad.

For now I am going to give up on the tank and lines and find another tank
and run gas direct to the carb. I think I will remove the carb and see
what it looks like inside and clean it before I even try to run it. I
removed a plug on the intake manifold and squirted some gas in there and
got the engine to pop so I think it is a runner.

Tom Armstrong  toma at sangregorio.org  San Gregorio, CA  s. 1892
Barnyard Technology--- Ideas for tomorrow -> from yesterday's scrap.
     4th, 5th, 6th generation on family farm. Can Ag Sustain?
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