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400/4 Garaged over the winter.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Good shout about the main idle screw - I wrongly assumed that was your first port of call.
ComfySofa:
Nope - that'll be me being an idiot!
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
If were honest most of us have sometimes missed the obvious - not everyone has the courage to own up to a senior moment.
Just hope it does the trick.
K2-K6:
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--- Quote from: Mikep328 on December 25, 2023, 02:54:27 PM ---FWIW, I store 5 motorcycles (2 with carbs) and 3 cars (1 with carbs) for up to 7 months. They sit in garages (in different locations) with the batteries disconnected (no trickle chargers). Before storage I put StaBil in each fuel tank per the StaBil directions and then run them for 10 miles or thereabouts. After the storage period I connect the battery and hit the starter (use choke as normal for carbed engines). They all start as if they had been running yesterday. I've been doing that for nearly 15 years now. I'm sure other brand fuel stabilizers work but StaBil is the only brand I have ever used.
Re my not using trickle/smart battery chargers: the vehicles are unattended during storage with no one living on the premises. Years ago I had a battery explode due to a charger malfunctioning so I don't trust chargers that are unmonitored for months. I've never had an instance of a disconnected/reconnected battery failing to spin the starter normally after the storage period.
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Went looking for interesting views on this product...found https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/general-q/143437-stabil-whats-really.html with reasonable in depth discussion at the thread ending.
I've not used it, but does appear to get positive appreciation when people dose and evaluate.
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Further consideration of this product. They specifically don't list in primary ingredients the "active" component, ordinarily saying trade confidential or similar.
General reading shows that it uses naphtha as solvent carrier, with approximately 5% special component. Reading into the precautions for medical response on msds data shows Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether as that specialist ingredient.
Not suggesting to manufacture your own, unless you want to ;D, but to pass the initial test of absolute bullocks into realistic feasible explanation of how its claimed to work.
Useful description here of that component https://www.atamanchemicals.com/ethylene-glycol-monobutyl-ether_u26765/ which looks very plausible as opposed to pure snake oil status.
It's attributes, along with the logical description some of the more informed contributors place do appear to support a valid product that will likely stand empirical scrutiny.
Anyone else thinking to try it in cleaning gummed carburettor components? In raw form it may be worth giving something like jets a soak to gauge effectiveness.
ST1100:
--- Quote from: Mikep328 on December 25, 2023, 02:54:27 PM ---FWIW, I store 5 motorcycles (2 with carbs) and 3 cars (1 with carbs) for up to 7 months. They sit in garages (in different locations) with the batteries disconnected (no trickle chargers). Before storage I put StaBil in each fuel tank per the StaBil directions and then run them for 10 miles or thereabouts. After the storage period I connect the battery and hit the starter (use choke as normal for carbed engines). They all start as if they had been running yesterday. I've been doing that for nearly 15 years now. I'm sure other brand fuel stabilizers work but StaBil is the only brand I have ever used.
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A topic debated religiously and ad nauseam in pretty much every ICE related forums... ;)
Some entertaining test:
https://youtu.be/chsGBhB5g7o?si=tdx4goLdhElDzQte
I'm more on the premium (hence low ethanol) fuel group, car and motorcycle...
--- Quote ---Re my not using trickle/smart battery chargers: the vehicles are unattended during storage with no one living on the premises. Years ago I had a battery explode due to a charger malfunctioning so I don't trust chargers that are unmonitored for months. I've never had an instance of a disconnected/reconnected battery failing to spin the starter normally after the storage period.
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Which is why I turned away from conventional starter batteries (besides that their quality decreased massively in the past few years...)
LiPoFE4 won't suffer permanent chemical death when discharged, attach a designated lithium-charger and they're fully revived in like 45 minutes...
(plus they're offering a lot more punch, hence cleaner spark...)
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