Posted by fixerupper on September 06, 2015 at 08:26:56 from (100.42.82.100):
In Reply to: Gas/Carb/Methanol posted by Gary Mitchell on September 05, 2015 at 07:45:08:
I have found this white powdery stuff in old carbs that haven't had gas in them for 40 years. I remember seeing it more prevalently in lawn mower carbs many years ago and only in carbs that have been sitting dry for a long period of time. If ethanol was causing me problems somehow I would be the first to quit using it but it just doesn't cause me any trouble in my old tractors, even the ones that sit a year with it in the tank. Here in Iowa low humidity is 50%, high humidity is 100%. What it averages, I don't know. It doesn't average as high as eastern coastal areas I will admit but we do get a good amount of condensation in our tanks
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