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Old 04-26-2010, 01:00 PM   #14
mrein3
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Re: Another Issue with an Edelbrock 1406

Have you considered your fuel?

I don't know the laws in GA but here in MN the government mandated 10% ethanol in ALL grades of gasoline sold at ALL pumps here. EXCEPT for specially marked pumps that are to be used only for lawnmowers, snowmobiles, snowblowers, watercraft, and collector vehicles or vehicles eligible to be collector vehicles.

I know ethanol is trouble in my boats, lawnmowers, tiller, ATV, snowblower, etc. I always fill my jerry cans with ethanol free and my small engines always work right. My friends who save 10 cents per gallon by using the same stuff they use in their daily drivers are always taking their small engines in to have carb work done because the gas gets old.

The problem is smaller engines spend a lot of time sitting around. When ethanol sits around it separates and the water in the gas is what causes the problem. If your truck has the same gas in it for 2 weeks or more you can begin to see this.

Again I'm not saying your truck sits around and I don't know what GA does to you guys at the pumps. It just appears that you are doing all the right things and are still having issues.
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