Cat's don't like cold!
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Cat's don't like cold!
Although this is the first winter my Cat has been in, I will probably do as Ecorman 1 says and pour in a bottle of Heet in the tank. I do put some StaBil in my gas cans and any gas operated implements during the winter too. It will probably be a trial and error thing.
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Cat's don't like cold!
Originally posted by: HelloNewman
Okay...looking at the link to the carb http://www.brownsleisureworld.com/Pa...CARBURETOR.htm which screw would need to be turned out 1/4 -1/2 turn? I can tear a car engine to pieces and put it back together but when it comes to carbs, I want my fuel injection! Please give me a number for the proper screw, #16???
Okay...looking at the link to the carb http://www.brownsleisureworld.com/Pa...CARBURETOR.htm which screw would need to be turned out 1/4 -1/2 turn? I can tear a car engine to pieces and put it back together but when it comes to carbs, I want my fuel injection! Please give me a number for the proper screw, #16???
http://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/tech/jetkit/
Or you can simply go 1/4 to 1/2 more right now. Remember to lean it back out when the temperature gets warmer, or itll be too rich.
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Cat's don't like cold!
Thank you Hondabuster; I thought my simple little question was going to get lost in the shuffle. My plugs were black (not wet) when I took them out. I was thinking too rich, however; the only way to get it to fire was full choke and no throttle, if I touched the throttle at all while attemting to start it you could just tell that this was hindering rather than helping... still thinking lean? I hate to mess with this, I have a habit of not leaving well enough alone and I don't need that right now.
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Cat's don't like cold!
hey spd one thing i found out with snowmobiles anyways is that isopropyl works a lil better then heat apparently heat just melts the ice or keeps it from freezing or i guess condensation from freezing and isopropyl actually like dissolves it and burns it through the motor but i had a tempermental 92 cougar and i used a half a bottle of that in every tank and i never had any problems anymore even though heat does work very well to
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Cat's don't like cold!
Don't use Heet as it contains bad alcohol, ethyl and/or methyl alcohol. All alcohol will absorb water but the bad alcohols have two nasty habits. First the bad alcohols are very corrosive and will eat the metal parts and hoses in your fuel system. Second the bad alcohols will only hold a certain amount of water and if there is more water that they can hold, the 3 fluids seperate out into layers. Bottom layer is water (where is your fuel pick up, on the bottom); then the alcohol and then the gas. Bet your engine doesn't run well on water or alcohol. Isopropyl also hold water but any water it can not absorb it just ignores and keeps itself and and the water it is holding in solution with the gas. You end up with a very small amount of water in your tanks sump. Also Isopropyl is not corrosive. Never use any product with the bad alcohol and unless Heet has changed it uses the bad stuff. This I learned as a marine mechanic where you deal with water in the fuel more than anywhere else. Ay the manufactures schools on year we tested this and it is true.
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Cat's don't like cold!
Originally posted by: weez440
what do you mean thanx bear i am the one who brought the whole isopropyl thing to attention lol j/k [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
what do you mean thanx bear i am the one who brought the whole isopropyl thing to attention lol j/k [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]