Tool talk

[1989]

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[Brownslave688]

Ethanol will petrify fuel lines and carb diaphragms. Do not use it on small engines unless the manual says you can. There are even warnings given at checkout for new saws in some large stores.

I have a local source for ethonal free fuel.


It's all I use in my small
Engines.

 

[Brownslave688]

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Adjustable wrench.....

 

[1989]

Adjustable wrench.....

I've always called it a cresent wrench.

 

[cosmo1]

Ethanol will petrify fuel lines and carb diaphragms. Do not use it on small engines unless the manual says you can. There are even warnings given at checkout for new saws in some large stores.

The trimmer ran fine into the fall. I think over the winter, with a full tank of gas, the hoses finally gave up and turned into goo.

Like I said, new fuel lines, fresh gas and it's been running like a champ for four years now.

 

[Brownslave688]

I've always called it a cresent wrench.

Crescent is a brand. Typical of many tools though.

 

[Brownslave688]

The trimmer ran fine into the fall. I think over the winter, with a full tank of gas, the hoses finally gave up and turned into goo.

Like I said, new fuel lines, fresh gas and it's been running like a champ for four years now.

I always run all of my small engines completely out of fuel before winter.

 

[cosmo1]

Crescent is a brand. Typical of many tools though.

Crescent made one hell of a lot of them. I still have four or five of my dad's Crescents from big to small.

 

[cosmo1]

I always run all of my small engines completely out of fuel before winter.

Obviously, my son didn't. I just use Stabil, and haven't yet had a problem.

 

[1989]

Crescent is a brand. Typical of many tools though.

I call it cresent not crescent. I use it for everything. But sucks when I touch both posts on a battery.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

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Puerto Rican socket set.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

I've seen fuel lines turn to goo even without ethanol. The lines on that blue XL12 had melted and it was last run in 1994. They mostly get hard and break from what I have seen.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

There's talk of putting E15 out on the market even! The AMA has been fighting it.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

My borrowed neighbor's pressure washer was marked as being OK for E10 gas.

 

[MAKAVELI]

My borrowed neighbor's pressure washer was marked as being OK for E10 gas.

Why shouldn't be?

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Why shouldn't be?

Thought that was unusual. Perhaps manufacturers are getting wise to the ethanol fuel situation and building them tolerate it finally. It was a new one.

 

[MAKAVELI]

Thought that was unusual. Perhaps manufacturers are getting wise to the ethanol fuel situation and building them tolerate it finally. It was a new one.

10% is nothing. We've had that forever in Cali and no problems.

 

[rod]

Surprised the new ethonal gas hasn't killed it

I burn non-ethanol gas in small engines. We have a couple of stations around town where you can still get it. Costs about a buck more a gallon than the other crap

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Manufacturers of small engines seem to feel that ethanol fuel IS an issue, since they bother to put warnings or notices up on the subject.

 

[oldngray]

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