[DeTomaso] NPC: Fun day of fixing a Ferrari

Mike Thomas mbefthomas at comcast.net
Mon Nov 14 08:37:55 EST 2011


When I picked up a nearly-new Stihl Combi head unit and weed whacker this
last summer, but guy told me to use high octane, and buy it from
Chevron/76/Shell and not the cheap garbage gas.  He said that small engines
are even more particular.  He also told me not to let gas sit in the tank or
the filler can for more than two months as it breaks down too rapidly.
FWIW.

Mike Thomas, getting ready to winterize all the small stuff and finally put
the mower away until March. 

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Roland Jaeckel
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 2:30 AM
To: Tipo874 at aol.com; lotus0005 at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: Fun day of fixing a Ferrari

Over here, all forums claime to add a little bit of two takt oil to the
tank.
If it helps or not, i don't know. I keep as less i can in the tank and fill
up in spring..
My cars are standing just in my garage all winter with no issues yet.

Roland
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From: <Tipo874 at aol.com>
To: <lotus0005 at hotmail.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 3:04 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: Fun day of fixing a Ferrari


>
> FWIW, my small engine guy swears on using a squirt or two of carb cleaner
> in every tankful.  Anyone else hear of this, either pro or con?
> Bob R. #3810
>
>
> In a message dated 11/13/2011 6:08:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> lotus0005 at hotmail.com writes:
>
>
> Mike, this  may have been covered before, but my good-old-boy country
> neighbor advises me  to use highest octane gas available (93 in Houston 
> area) in
> ALL  lawn/yard/cycle, etc. eqpt.  And, yes, I do use Sta-Bil.     ---Bill
> (with two "L's") Lewis
>
>
>
>> From:  MikeLDrew at aol.com
>> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:24:24 -0500
>> To:  mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk; detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso]  NPC: Fun day of fixing a Ferrari
>>
>>
>> In a message dated  11/13/11 10 01 12, mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk writes:
>>
>>
>>  > Sometimes it's the simple things, try them first!
>> >
>>
>> The other day I was going to ride dirt bikes with my  neighbor.   We
> always
>> do a thorough preflight at home the  day prior; his bike would barely
> run.
>> He was tearing into  it, changing plugs and chasing his tail, but it
> still
>> ran  terribly.
>>
>> I then asked him how old the gas was in the  tank?   More than a year
> old,
>> he says.   I says,  that stuff is (as Jack so aptly puts it)
> 'weed-killer'
>> now; dump it  out and put some fresh gas in and see what happens then?
>>
>>  VAROOM!   Ran perfectly. :>)
>>
>> Yes, it's always  good to start with the simple things. :>)
>>
>> Mike
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