[AT] small engines

[Ron Cook]

Cecil,
     I have a Briggs on a pump that I use to load my sprayer.  It is 
outside all summer and it always collects water when it rains.  I have 
no idea how, but it does.  I drain the water off and continue with my 
business.  I run it on av-gas so I just leave the fuel in it and the 
fuel on.  No corrosion problems as long as I drain the water off when I 
store the thing away for the off-season.  Perhaps you could fill yours 
with av-gas when it sits.  Just a thought.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA
On 11/14/2012 10:21 PM, Cecil R Bearden wrote:
> I don't know why the water is in there either.  It was more than a
> quart, so that is a lot of condensation.   It was outside, but the cap
> seals well and there is not an air hole on the top.  I have a honda 9 hp
> on a cpmpressor on my service truck.   It is outside all the time. After
> a rain, it would have water in the cylinder & carburetor,  I finally
> drilled a hole in the exhaust manifold at thev very bottom and it sorta
> stopped.   However we have not had a prolonged rainfall in a while.  The
> bottom of the briggs carb where the brass plug that holds the fuel bowl
> on is less than a half circle.   it is shot!!  The fuel valve was off
> and the carb had been run dry.  Is there something I can put in the tank
> and leave in there until I need the engine?
>
> Cecil in OKla
>