HopCar
Guru
- Joined
- Aug 20, 2011
- Messages
- 5,311
- Vessel Name
- Possum
- Vessel Make
- Ellis 28
Got my power back a week ago. I guess it's time to put my portable generator back in storage.
The generator has a Honda engine and will run on either propane or gasoline.
It's about twenty years old and I've never run it on gasoline until this storm.
I was running low on propane so I ran a couple of tanks of gasoline through it.
Now I'm worried that the carburetor will clog before the next time I need it.
I ran it until it stopped on its own. I then ran it a few minutes on propane.
I'm thinking I should put in some gasoline mixed with Sea Foam, Sta Bil or something like that and run it dry again. Should I just go ahead and have the carburetor cleaned?
I will change the oil. The gasoline turned it dark.
I probably won't run it again until June, the start of the hurricane season.
Before this storm, I hadn't started it in five years.
Suggestions for long term storage?
The generator has a Honda engine and will run on either propane or gasoline.
It's about twenty years old and I've never run it on gasoline until this storm.
I was running low on propane so I ran a couple of tanks of gasoline through it.
Now I'm worried that the carburetor will clog before the next time I need it.
I ran it until it stopped on its own. I then ran it a few minutes on propane.
I'm thinking I should put in some gasoline mixed with Sea Foam, Sta Bil or something like that and run it dry again. Should I just go ahead and have the carburetor cleaned?
I will change the oil. The gasoline turned it dark.
I probably won't run it again until June, the start of the hurricane season.
Before this storm, I hadn't started it in five years.
Suggestions for long term storage?