Posted by M Diesel on September 10, 2010 at 21:11:01 from (70.173.91.228):
In Reply to: MD shut down issues posted by BruceS. on September 10, 2010 at 13:29:39:
Doh! What I get for not thinking about it too much and typing too quick :lol: But yes the gas shut off usually causes a few stumbles on my MD before it starves out. The others are more likely to quit outright.
Dribbling diesel will make them puff smoke on gas. It's a suggestion, not likely.
The manual got an update later on.
I never shut them off on gas anymore. It just doesn't do anything unless you plan on a restart within an hour or less. And even then it isn't really worth it. Tested all these things personally.
To make matters worse, none of mine will switch back after running for more than maybe an hour. The bowl eventually goes dry and it takes too long to refill when switched to gas. It takes several attempts and they want to knock bad when kicked back to diesel. Very harsh on the internals.
The only reason for shutting off on gas to to drain the carb and stop the gas from evaporating in there and leaving crud behind. And if it has been over an hour...
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