Ethanol retraining

[CROSSBOLT]

Never fails! No matter what and then you have to retrain! Just finished cleaning a carb on a 22 hp Kohler v-twin. This is the third season of nearly flawless operation and it would not idle. Full power was fine but on throttling back it would go into governor hunting and quit. Putting Sta-bil in the tank is only a part of prevention. You gotta run it long enough to get the mix into the float bowl! I am all re-trained now!

By the way, small wire like guitar/banjo/mandolin strings are great for jet cleaning! Got a free one at a guitar shop since they usually throw the old strings (wires) out. Some are .012" diameter!

[eamartin]

You gotta run it long enough to get the mix into the float bowl! I am all re-trained now!

Agreed.  For 6 years my routine has been the same for a KLR650.  In October l fill it up with fuel, add stabilizer, ride it for 8-10 miles, park it, turn the tank petcock to "off" and let it idle until it dies.  Fresh stabilized fuel has been run through the entire system, float bowl is pretty well empty as are the jets.  So far the bike has started right up and idled every May after this process.   

[Stig / Major Tom]

Then there is "STIG's Sear's cheap 4 stroke Lawn Mower"

21 years, no oil changes, no stabil, sat 365 with ethanol blend gas in it, always starts first pull in the spring after pushing rubber prime button. Always used premium Shell (with 10% corn squeezing's) Only retired it after 1st AND second wheel broke out of the chassis.
All my guitar strings are ON my guitar.

Stig

[CROSSBOLT]

This is Tennessee, boys! They mix in stuff from gallon jugs that Bubba makes deep in the woods (hear banjos?)!