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Without any doubt the killer of small petrol machines is stale old petrol
 
Many who have had no problems with machinery left standing for long periods are now having difficulties because of the higher ethanol content of most petrol.
 
harrow said:
Without any doubt the killer of small petrol machines is stale old petrol
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how old would petrol have to be to be considered 'stale', would you say?

Serious question. If you keep petrol for a generator or a mower, how long before you just empty it into your car tank and refill with fresh?
 
wildebus said:
how old would petrol have to be to be considered 'stale', would you say?

Serious question. If you keep petrol for a generator or a mower, how long before you just empty it into your car tank and refill with fresh?
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I would try to keep petrol less than 3 months old
 
I left my subaru for 9 months this year. Jump started it and drove perfectly normal first time.

What exactly is the chemical process occuring to make petrol 'stale'?
 
wildebus said:
how old would petrol have to be to be considered 'stale', would you say?

Serious question. If you keep petrol for a generator or a mower, how long before you just empty it into your car tank and refill with fresh?
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SIX WEEKS so they say
 
ScoTTyBEEE said:
I left my subaru for 9 months this year. Jump started it and drove perfectly normal first time.

What exactly is the chemical process occuring to make petrol 'stale'?
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The airotomics evaporate<which give the bang its speed in burning cylinder> and also die with a short shelf life,yes if carbs clean some engines or most engines will run but pinking or pre ignition may happen which can eat pistons and leave the head in a mess,fuel inj sys seem to fair better.
The other prob is water which the new fuel sucks like a thursty camel at a water hole,never half fill tanks and store,us all you have in them and any left put on the weeds.
Each year my workshop is full of dead engines with stale fuel and water in tanks,i am lucky long may it continue,££££££££££ for me.
 
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hairydog said:
I used to have a Honda mower. It never failed to start after each winter's storage. The fuel was left in the part-full tank every time. However, I may just have been lucky.

I solved the problem of starting the mower, and the problem of an unkempt lawn after each escapade in the motorhome by the simple expedient of buying a house that had no lawn in the garden.
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Yes a blue circle garden is best
 

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***** said:
I though that at first, but then I thought again. Don't think so, unless a different windscreen has been fitted
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I am thinking more Callumcraft Graham, which I believe was an early ancestor of the Normans.
 
***** said:
Certainly not Norman. incidentally, I was always on the Norman stand at the boat shows!
memories memories!
Ernie was the father, Graham was the Son and Peter was the Sales Manager
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I owned a Norman 20 once Graham, great little boat.

Callumcraft were made by North Manchester Plastics which later was shortened to Norman. But I think most of them had a small circular window behind the side window, so probably not.
 
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