Hillbilly Heaven
Explorer
White Gas if you are old enough to remember the name.
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IdaSHO
IDACAMPER
I keep roughly 50 gallons of fuel on hand at all times at the house, which is mostly used for the garden tractor fitted with a snow blower for winter duties.
Ive found the only way I can keep fuel, is in 100% air tight cans. Only cans I use these days are eagle cans.
Being air-tight, the ethanol has little to no air to draw moisture from.
Fuel stays good for more than a year this way, even without stabil
Ive found the only way I can keep fuel, is in 100% air tight cans. Only cans I use these days are eagle cans.
Being air-tight, the ethanol has little to no air to draw moisture from.
Fuel stays good for more than a year this way, even without stabil
Ducky's Dad
Explorer
And there is no such thing as ethanol free or pure gas. Federal only requires labeling if it contains 10% or more ethanol. You are wasting your money on so called pure gas.
Yes there is and no, I'm not. The pure gasoline is not pump gas. I buy it in five-gallon drums, manufactured specifically for small engines in mission-critical applications. On those occasions when I run pump gas in my small engines, I run them dry and then run a small batch of the pure stuff to clear the ethanol before I store the unit.
Yes there is and no, I'm not. The pure gasoline is not pump gas. I buy it in five-gallon drums, manufactured specifically for small engines in mission-critical applications. On those occasions when I run pump gas in my small engines, I run them dry and then run a small batch of the pure stuff to clear the ethanol before I store the unit.
Not too hijack thread but I have a question on generators, Honda 2000 specifically. During recent storm we were without electrical for 15 hours or so. During that time we used our Honda 2000 to keep frig going. Fridge is 1-yr old LG and sticker says "Defrost/Input 525 watts", that is only reference to watts I can find.
With fridge hooked up when we tried using coffee pot generator bogged out unless we shut coffee pot up. With fridge and couple lights generator would bog down and start to stall, to get running without bogging down, I had to lower choke and it ran fine. Is this normal.
With fridge hooked up when we tried using coffee pot generator bogged out unless we shut coffee pot up. With fridge and couple lights generator would bog down and start to stall, to get running without bogging down, I had to lower choke and it ran fine. Is this normal.
Ducky's Dad
Explorer
I had to lower choke and it ran fine.
What does "lower the choke" mean? Choke should be wide open when gen is warmed up and running.
What does "lower the choke" mean? Choke should be wide open when gen is warmed up and running.
restorationrides
Member
That's the Predator 3500. They also have a predator 2000 parallel generator. You can shop Apples to Apples on that...
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Slide choke from all the way left to the right part way. With choke fully opened (i think left is open) it sputtered. When I start choke is all the way to right, then I move lever to left once warm. When I did move choke to right to get it to stop sputtering, it sounded like revs went down a bit.
A few weeks before use I did put in new honda oil, spark plug and air filter.
dreadlocks
Well-known member
are you running it w/eco throttle on or off? If eco throttle is on and a heavy amp motor surges online it can stall out because its not able to throttle up fast enough.. turning eco throttle off should fix that.
Coffee Makers nearly pull a full 15A them selves, I hadda get a travel coffee maker for my camper that had a 600w heating element in it and not a 1500w just so I could run it off a battery+inverter.
Coffee Makers nearly pull a full 15A them selves, I hadda get a travel coffee maker for my camper that had a 600w heating element in it and not a 1500w just so I could run it off a battery+inverter.
MOguy
Explorer
You have to be realistic with your expectations when it comes to power usage. These 2K generators are only like one circuit in your house. If you plug multiple power hunger devices into one circuit in your home and try to run them all at the same time you're going to blow that circuit. You will get about the same power from a 2k generator.
4xdog
Explorer
Here's how the pump was marked when I bought E0 fuel at a QT station outside Kansas City earlier this month. This seems pretty clearly "ethanol free" to me.
Hillbilly Heaven
Explorer
They can claim no ethanol up to 9.99% Ethanol content.
4xdog
Explorer
Fair question. I have a call into the QickTrip corporate offices to check details. Missouri is one of the minority of states where no labeling standards apply to ethanol in fuel. Many states require labeling above 1-2%.
I can find one -- Washington -- that allows up to 10% without labeling for ethanol content.
HERE is one reference on the subject.
dreadlocks
Well-known member
yeah its one thing to omit a sticker saying: may contain up to n% ethanol, its a whole nother can of worms to say: "no ethanol" or "ethanol free" when it is infact not..
Ive been running ethanol free in my motorcycle, lawn mower, generator for the last few seasons.. and IMHO its worth the extra, have not had any problems since, everything is running great after years of struggling with bad fuel issues.. I switched after my 91 John Deer (Kawasaki 7hp) needed a new carb after I neglected to winterize it.. the float was not serviceable and I could not get the gunk out no matter what I tried.. the cost of that carb would pay for alot of fuel when I use less than 10g of fuel a season mowing my yard.