[AT] Old gas residue

[Carl Tatlock]

Tom Armstrong wrote:

>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
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>     4th, 5th, 6th generation on family farm. Can Ag Sustain?
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Tom, I'm piggybacking this on your message because it was the only one I 
got today (Sunday) and only got a couple yesterday. 
Anybody else having this problem????   I have  read that other persons 
have had a problem like this, but of course didn't pay attention--- now 
I am......   Carl in VT