[AT] Old gas residue

[Phil Auten]

Tom,
If you can get it in California, get some Berryman's B12 Chemtool. It comes
in both liquid and spray cans. Disassemble everything and soak it in the
liquid for a couple of days. Then use the spray to clean the remaining residue
out of all the little passages and such. It WILL REMOVE all the paint from the
outside of whatever you get it on! There's nothing better for cleaning out the
varnish left behind by dried up gas.

Phil

At 11:31 AM 9/12/04, you 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
>Barnyard Technology--- Ideas for tomorrow -> from yesterday's scrap.
>      4th, 5th, 6th generation on family farm. Can Ag Sustain?
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