Philip wrote:
Curious. I run only ethanol blend. Have for 25 years. I use
it in all the gasoline powered machines from cars to lawn mowers
to chainsaws. I can't point to one single situation where I
could blame the fuel. They all seem to be doing just fine. I
don't have trouble
before yoy start it. When in doubt, throw the old gas out.
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From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Rich
Thomas
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2013 8:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chainsaws
Is that the orange one? I have one
in the can and in the
tool before yoy start it. When in doubt, throw the old gas out.
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From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Rich
Thomas
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2013 8:07 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chainsaws
OK Don wrote:
LOL. I go to the local 100% pure gas station and buy gas for my airplane,
so it just makes sense that Kaleb needs to go to the airport to buy gas for
his chain saw!
The only pure gas outlets in Michigan that I know of are Lake Michigan marinas
which charge more for pump gas
Allan Streib wrote:
I don't know if it's still the case but around here the premium (92)
is/was ethanol-free. I guess that could have changed, or maybe it
depends on the company.
Our problem is that Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, among others, don't require any
ethanol labeling on the pumps,
I just bought a Stihl FS 90 R string trimmer from a local dealer. Starts
easily and runs great. They recommended I use premium gas and extended the
warranty by a year if I bought a 6 pack of their oil. Go return that thing
to Lowes and buy something from a local dealer. You'll get a good
I was perusing CL last night, and there are a number of good GT275's within 100
miles you.
On Aug 4, 2013, at 12:38 PM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote:
I just bought a Stihl FS 90 R string trimmer from a local dealer. Starts
easily and runs great. They recommended I use premium gas and extended
Yes, in lieu of the aviation fuel tax at the airport.
On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
Do you pay road tax on the gasoline you get for your airplane?
Craig
--
OK Don
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety, deserve
I bought it probably 2-3 months ago, I doubt they would take it back.
After some research I think I need to maybe adjust the carb but got to
get one of them special screw drivers. Also, it starts Ok and runs Ok
for a while but after it gets good and hot after using it a while I
think it
Not sure what kind of driver it takes, but what you do is adjust the
idle and high speed, one screw for each adjustment. Just turn the right
one until it runs well at idle and high. Be careful.
--R
On 8/4/13 1:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
After some research I think I need to maybe
We have ethanol in our gas here, but I'm not aware of any place where you can
get non-ethanol fuel.
I have a practice that has served me well since I lived in more temperate areas
- I drain or run the engine out of fuel each time I use it. I just finished
cutting the grass between
Its got some sort of special screw thing that takes a special tool
On 8/4/2013 12:49 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
Not sure what kind of driver it takes, but what you do is adjust the
idle and high speed, one screw for each adjustment. Just turn the
right one until it runs well at idle and high. Be
Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net writes:
Our problem is that Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, among others, don't require
any
ethanol labeling on the pumps, so the only way to know is to do a water
separation test on it. Since the nearest pumps to me that are properly
labeled
are in Illinois,
Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com writes:
Curious. I run only ethanol blend. Have for 25 years. I use it
in all the gasoline powered machines from cars to lawn mowers to
chainsaws. I can't point to one single situation where I could
blame the fuel. They all seem to be doing just fine. I don't
There are stations around here that have banners out front that say pure
gas no ethanol. I guess maybe I should try some.
On 8/4/2013 1:05 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com writes:
Curious. I run only ethanol blend. Have for 25 years. I use it
in all the gasoline powered
The blend is OK if you don't let it age. The problem is greatest in 2-cycle
machines that get put away with fuel-oil mix still in the tank or in the can
of left over 2-cycle mix that gets saved for next year. The ethanol blend
is just a lot more perishable than the gas of old. I have to wonder
. When I do I'll give dad my saw. Like Mitch said, chainsaws
come from a chainsaw shop...
-Curt
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 09:16:04 -0400
From: Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chainsaws
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the best.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 10:09:40 -0400
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chainsaws
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-Curt
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 09:16:04 -0400
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chainsaws
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Stale gasoline
Rich Thomas wrote:
Not sure what kind of driver it takes, but what you do is adjust the
idle and high speed, one screw for each adjustment. Just turn the right
one until it runs well at idle and high. Be careful.
If it's running right, it should four stroke at full throttle out of the wood
Dan Penoff wrote:
We have ethanol in our gas here, but I'm not aware of any place where you can
get non-ethanol fuel.
I have a practice that has served me well since I lived in more temperate areas
- I drain or run the engine out of fuel each time I use it.
I wouldn't intentionally run
Allan Streib wrote:
I don't know how trustworthy it is, but pure-gas.org claims to list
stations that sell ethanol-free fuel.
Locally, I've seen bad info there, like some fool will say the mid grade at the
Meijer on Pennsylvania Avenue is ethanol free.
Nope, all Meijer stores in the Lansing
I cut some more on this tree a couple times today. If you let it die when hot
it can be a bitch to restart. I think maybe I'm figuring out the trick I did
get it restarted fairly soon a couple of times but still figuring out the
combination of pumping the bulb, using choke or not etc. if Sony
Curt Raymond wrote:
Ethanol is hygroscopic, it attracts water so if a can is left open it'll ruin
the gas quickly. My dad somehow can't learn this, none of his cans are capped...
The other problem is ethanol is an oxidizing agent.
Since the EPA mandates oxygenated fuel in what I assume is a
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I cut some more on this tree a couple times today. If you let it die when hot
it can be a bitch to restart. I think maybe I'm figuring out the trick I did
get it restarted fairly soon a couple of times but still figuring out the
combination of pumping the bulb, using
These 2-cycle all-attitude diaphragm-style carbs are quite different from
the float bowl carbs on most 4-cycle engines. On a float-bowl carb you can
usually drop the float bowl and clean the corrosion and varnish from the
main jet and needle valve. Diaphragm carbs are littered with small fuel
I ran relatively controlled tests with the ML when I was commuting to work
in it, and found that the increased mileage matched the increased cost of
ethonol free gas to make the cost per mile equal between the two. Even
though it costs a few cents more at the pump, the ethanol free gas will
cost
Curious. I run only ethanol blend. Have for 25 years. I use it
in all the gasoline powered machines from cars to lawn mowers to
chainsaws. I can't point to one single situation where I could
blame the fuel. They all seem to be doing just fine. I don't have
trouble either hot or cold with
So a couple of months ago I bought a brand new Poulan chain saw at
lowes. I used it to cut down a couple of small dead trees. Right out of
the box it ran like crap, hard to start etc. I figured it was because
maybe the gas was a little old I used. So today I needed to use it to
cut up a
Is that the orange one? I have one of those, the safety clutch mechanism broke
on the first one I had so thy gave me a new one. Once I get it going it runs
ok but is hard to start even with the compression relief. Starts better when
it is hot, from cold takes a lot of pulls and nursing it.
I think its orange, heck I dont know. How do you adjust it?
On 8/3/2013 7:06 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
Is that the orange one? I have one of those, the safety clutch mechanism broke
on the first one I had so thy gave me a new one. Once I get it going it runs
ok but is hard to start even with
Are you using gasoline with ethanol? If you are, the small engines in both
weed eaters and chain saws do NOT like ethanol.. the Reed Vapor Pressure of
ethanol / gasoline fuel is such that it runs like crap, the carb gets vapor
lock [ethanol boil off point is low, so it boils and makes a pressure
could be, yes its crappy ethanol gas. I may try to buy some non ethanol
gas. I am sick of uncle sam telling everyone what the need, such as
health care and this ethanol gas.
On 8/3/2013 7:12 PM, G Mann wrote:
Are you using gasoline with ethanol? If you are, the small engines in both
weed
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
So a couple of months ago I bought a brand new Poulan chain saw at
lowes. I used it to cut down a couple of small dead trees. Right out of
the box it ran like crap, hard to start etc.
Probably adjusted lean from the factory.
If you bought a Husqvarna from an
G Mann wrote:
There is a product you can buy that is specific for ethanol fuel that
deletes the ethanol.
Supposed to be the cats ass stuff. I haven't tried it ... yet...
Thus turning 87 octane into what, 82 octane?
If you don't use a chain saw much you can buy the nonalcoholic premix in quart
On Aug 3, 2013 6:34 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
A cheaper and less handy alternative
is to go to an airstrip with self serve
gas pumps and get yourself a few
gallons of 100LL.
There's a station near where all the amateur racing events around here are
held that sells 98 octane
LOL. I go to the local 100% pure gas station and buy gas for my airplane,
so it just makes sense that Kaleb needs to go to the airport to buy gas for
his chain saw!
On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
A cheaper and less handy alternative is to go to an airstrip
I don't know if it's still the case but around here the premium (92)
is/was ethanol-free. I guess that could have changed, or maybe it
depends on the company.
Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com writes:
On Aug 3, 2013 6:34 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
A cheaper and less handy
G wrote:
Are you using gasoline with ethanol? If you are, the small
engines in both weed eaters and chain saws do NOT like ethanol..
the Reed Vapor Pressure of ethanol / gasoline fuel is such that
it runs like crap, the carb gets vapor lock [ethanol boil off
point is low, so it boils and
On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 22:56:31 -0500 OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
LOL. I go to the local 100% pure gas station and buy gas for my
airplane, so it just makes sense that Kaleb needs to go to the airport
to buy gas for his chain saw!
Do you pay road tax on the gasoline you get for your airplane?
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