Points well taken.. Sea Foam is wonderful stuff and POR15 works as well. Grant...
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > At the risk of hijacking the thread (too late!) Sta-bil is filth and will, > left to its own devices gum up in about a year. > Seriously, leave a can of it on the shelf for a year and it'll develop > "clots"... > > The marine Sta-bil doesn't do that (bought a bottle last year and left it > at camp as an experiment). I haven't tried it yet to see how it does > stabilizing the fuel though. > > Best thing to do is run it out of fuel and store it empty, if you can't do > that put in 2oz of SeaFoam gas additive or the fuel stabilizer the POR15 > people sell. Both are about 2x the price of Sta-bil but work very well. > > -Curt > > Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:29:00 -0700 > From: G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] pressure washers > Message-ID: <BANLkTi=yVRnW7gj11QoO=wplmsnweuv...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > All good points about "bigger is better" if you want to really peel paint > with it. I presently have a Honda powered [8 hp] one that puts out 3500 > psi at the tip. It has the quick disconnect tip set which I find very > handy > since it allows lots of variation in the washers use. > > I also purchased a separate attachment for it that uses water pressure to > blast sand. Previous sand blasters I've had used air pressure and were > always over tasking the compressors. At 3500 PSI water pressure , not the > case. Talk about "power cleaning" !!! > Down to bare metal in seconds. Obviously, do not use it on sheet metal > parts. > > In the past year of use, no problems with the engine or wash pump. I > suggest that for winter storage you want to use a product called Staybil in > the gas tank which keeps the fuel from turning to varnish, and make sure > the > hoses and pump are drained of water if you are above the freeze line. > > Bigger cost more money, so the question to be answered is "what do I really > want to use it for"... a smaller unit with 2000 PSI pressure will do a nice > job if you are only washing your car of hosing off the deck, but if you run > mud bogs and have sea gulls on the deck you will need more volume and > pressure, thus more cost. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
