[Elfsea] OT - need helpful suggestions-quick!

[Richard Threlkeld]

rinse it out with normal gas, then refill it. A *little* bit
of oil will not hurt it.

Caelin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: elfsea-admin at ansteorra.org [mailto:elfsea-admin at ansteorra.org]On
> Behalf Of Vicki Marsh
> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 2:22 PM
> To: Steppes; Elfsea
> Subject: [Elfsea] OT - need helpful suggestions-quick!
>
>
> Xene here:
>
> My darling helpful son, while trying to mow the lawn, put the
> gasoline that
> had two-cycle oil added to it into the lawn mower.  Now, this gasoline
> wasn't marked that it had two-cycle oil, but Llywelyn and I knew about it.
> We forgot to tell Arnbjorn.
>
> The gasoline is at least a year old, too.  Yes, we know we should have
> disposed of it by now, but.....
>
> Fortunately, the lawn mower has not been started since Arnbjorn put this
> old, oily gasoline in it, and we have drained all of it out that
> we can get
> out. Right now, I'm letting the stuff evaporate with the cover off.
>
> Now, what can I do to keep the carburetor from gumming up with this stuff?
> Would adding a higher octane gasoline help?  Should I rinse it out with
> regular gas, drain it, then re-fill and have a go at it?
>
> Any of you mechanic-type people out there got any ideas?
>
> Xene (who may still smell like petroleum by-products at Queen's tomorrow.)
>
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