Has any one else noticed corrosion inside carbs. After stripping a set down last week all of the brass pieces were rather dull and one looked a bit like copper after being in etching solution. This was never a problem with the old 2 star fuel we had many years ago, even after standing idle for a year or more we never saw these kind of problems.
Since rebuilding the carbs a few years ago I have always put fuel stabiliser in during September ready for the winter lay up. From reading around it seems that older fuel stabilisers are no good where the fuel contains ethanol because of the moisture that can absorb into it and subsequently seperate out in the worst cases. There are modern fuel stabilisers specifically for fuels blended with ethanol, so
- does any one else use these products?
- has anyone looked inside a set of carbs recently that they know were clean and shiny a couple of years ago?
Dave
