[AT] After action report: Ford 4000 Quitting Afer Running a While

[Howard Weeks]

I have drained as much as a quart of water out of several tractors 
around here.  All had been setting for several months as does all of my 
various tractors and mowers. None of them parked outside. Cleaned many 
carbs!

I finally drained the ethanol crap out of all of them and started using
ethanol free gas.  Haven't had any more problems.

I consider the ethanol stuff to be "EVIL"!

Howard

in Georgia



On 8/9/2013 1:51 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Ethanol is hydroscopic.  The water will mix with the ethanol and will burn
> until
> it gets to maximum absorption.  Does the gasoline you burn contain ethanol?
> If so try to find a source for non-ethanol fuel.   I just finished fighting
> a similar
> problem in my D-14 Allis.  (trash, rust, etc).  I think I had the carb apart
> at least
> half a dozen times before I ever got the system completely cleaned out.
>
> Charlie
>