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Originally Posted by Travelin' Texans
If you're on a metropolitan area chances you're/they filled with an ethanol blend gasoline (made from corn) which doesn't store well & smaller type engines that sit for long periods it actually crystallizes like old honey.
My suggestion is for your generator, lawnmower, small engine toys/ATVs to buy "ethanol free" fuel. If not put in some sort of fuel stabilizer if it will be sitting for any length of time or at least every couple tank fills.
If your worried about your mh, go top it off with fresh fuel & add the stabilizer, then 1st chance to get away burn as much of that tank as possible before refueling.
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If you need to deal with this issue of poor starting, my bet is the ethanol in the gas attracts water and water does not burn very well in a motor. If you drained the fuel line, and the fuel filter to the generator, it will probably run fine, The "bad gas" overwhelms a small carb like in the generator, but gets sucked in, in much larger quantities by a thirsty big block ford or gm engine and while it might stumble, if will not cause it to stop unless you pour large quantities of water in the fuel tank. Ethanol in the fuel is the curse of snowmobilers. Since not only does it attract water, but the water freezes at the most iniopportune moment and the snowmobile engine stops. Many snowmobilers in my area run their rigs on ethanol free airplane gas or avgas 100 LL (blue dye) to get around this issue. This is done even though car gas was $1.00 a litre and avgas was $1.65 a litre.
We just burned a couple of tanks of avgas that had sat since May 2012. We drained the fuel, strained it, and then pumped it off the top of the drained fuel back into the airplane tank. It ran just fine. The bottom half inch evaporated from the bucket before we could use it to start a brush fire. With generator issues check 3 things before panicking
1. is there adequate fuel in the main tank,
2. is there adequate oil in the generator
3. is the fuel filter clogged or full of crud
4. is the battery voltage adequate to turn it over fast enough for the magneto to do its job? If not start the RV, then try restarting the generr'
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