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Take the carb off and take it apart then clean it with some thing flamable so it burn off with the gas.
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The safest method of chemical rust removal involves mixing vinegar and baking soda to fill (or nearly fill) the tank. Let the mixture sit until it bubbles up and begins to change color with the rust particles. Then rinse thoroughly to ensure it`s completely empty.
Rusty gas tanks are the most tricky among many vehicle problems and dilemmas, partly because so many drivers underestimate their consequences. If not treated immediately, the tank corrosion and breakdowns will lead to major damage in other engine and automobile components, significantly impairing the car`s performance.
Old gas can burn improperly, which can trigger your check engine light. In addition to the check engine light, you may also experience your vehicle malfunctioning in other ways, such as failing to start, idling differently than it usually does, and losing power while driving.
The length of time fuel will remain useable in your gas tank is dependent on the fuel type. Regular gasoline has a shelf life of three to six months, while diesel can last up to a year before it begins to degrade.
To get rid of the rust, we filled the tank to the brim with White Vinegar, covered the opening and then left it for a week. You don`t need to leave it for that long, a few hours would probably be enough, it depends on how big the item you`re removing the rust from and how bad it is.
To tackle items with significant corrosion, submerge your rusty tools or knives in a bowl of white vinegar and let them sit overnight or as long as 24 hours. Once they have had a good soak, remove them from the vinegar and scrub the rust off with steel wool, a scouring pad, or a wire brush.
No, gasoline is completely useless to remove rust. Rust is an inorganic compound, which is neither dissolved nor modified by hydrocarbons. There are a ton of commercial products to remove rust, as you don`t want any product suggestions, go and search yourself.
Rust can flow into the fuel lines or injectors, causing the engine to run lean and hot, because there`s not enough fuel mixing with the air. Rust can fill the fuel filter, restricting the fuel flow.
To get rid of the rust, we filled the tank to the brim with White Vinegar, covered the opening and then left it for a week. You don`t need to leave it for that long, a few hours would probably be enough, it depends on how big the item you`re removing the rust from and how bad it is.
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I have a husqvarna 323L string trimmer. I stored it after running the tank & carb dry for about two years. I fueled it, then started it, & it ran for a minute then died like I turned the switch off. Since it would not restart, I found the fuel filter had broken off the hardened fuel line & it sucked gummy crap out of the tank & into the carb. Failing at cleaning the carb, I finally put a new carb on it & replaced the pump, hoses & filter. It has ran good till this year. I winterized it with stabilizer & left it with a full tank over the winter. The gas in the tank was gone when I got ready to use it this year. I filled the tank with premix, checked for leaks, then started it. It would run fine for about half a tank, start idling poorly (lean) then cutoff & refuse to restart till I refilled the tank. I finally found the tank had cracks & was letting pressure out of the tank & apparently this was causing the carb to lose it’s ability to siphon gas out of the tank. So I replaced the tank which came with new hoses & a filter, which I properly installed to the carb. It cranked right up, but when it runs a half tank, the carb quits sucking gas out of the tank. When I pump to prime the carb, it moves the fuel into the carb, but the pump never gets hard like it does when I prime the carb when the motor is cold. I have to keep refilling the tank, prime, & then it starts & runs until the tank gets about half empty. The new fuel filter is down in the gas tank properly, but It will not run after it shuts off until I refill the tank & prime. I’m baffled. New tank, new hoses, new filter, new carb, & I can find no leaks in the fuel system. It runs strong. The 323L is a two-stroke & it always cranks on the second pull from cold on a full tank. Any ideas?
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DRAINED GAS FOR WINTER IN CRAFTASMAN REAR TINE TILLER. PUT GAS IN WOULDN’T START. SO PUT GAS IN CARBURETOR, WOULD START BUT DIED AS SOON AS USED UP GAS. TRIED SEVERAL TIMES. SAME THING. IT’S LIKE IT ISN’T PULLING THE GAS UP FROM THE GAS TANK.
ANSWER : You drained the fuel but sounds like you did not run fuel out of carb. the carb is probably just clogged either take off carb and clean thoroughly or just try to take off the screw on the float bowl and clean it there are little holes on it that are most likely plugged up. Good Luck…
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Gas is coming out of the exhaust and vent tube.
ANSWER : The float in the carburator might be stuck and it is flooding.
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My tractor stalls like it is starved for gas although the gas tank is full. I,ve changed the fuel filter and the gas cap. I’ve cleaned out the gas tank, gas lines, and the carburetor bowl. The problem seems more acute when the gas tank is full or near full. At this time to alleviate the problem, I blow through the gas cap and the fuel filter fills with gas and it runs good again. But as soon as the fuel filter has no more gas, of course, it stalls until I blow on the gas cap. As the tank gets down to about 1/3 full, the engine runs OK. What else could cause this condition?
ANSWER : I had a similar problem with a sears tractor. close to the carbarator is a rectangle box with a rubber hose going to the engine block – remove the hose and spray carb cleaner in the hose wait a few mins and try again – its a vacuum for the carb
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My mantis would not start so I replaced the plug, new gas/oil 50:1 and cleaned out the air-filter. still would not start. so i removed the two brass screws that held down the carb took it apart for a visual exam and saw nothing, there was gas coming through. put it back together now i am getting leaking gas between the air-filter plate and the carb
ANSWER : SOUNDS LIKE IT NEEDS A CARB KIT AND THE CARB CLEAND OUT
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Motor won’t rev up
ANSWER : When you bought the carb, did you buy the same one or did you get a bigger one? You can always get some bigger jets than the ones it came with. Also wondering if your screen in your gas tank is plugged. How much fuel is getting to carb? I would empty out gas, take out the screens and make sure pitcock is wide open. Also you can always adjust air/fuel ratio screw on carb which may help a little.One or all of these should help a little.
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Just bought a used leaf blower, homelite, gas leaks out of the gas tank, where the gas tube fits into it.
ANSWER : “top of the gas tank where the gas tube fits into the tank”
I assume you’re describing the gas tank cap. if so, the o-ring is missing from the gas tank cap. You can find those at hardware stores.
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MY mantis tiller will start and run for just a few seconds and then it stops. It has new gas and oil in it.it had old gas and oil mis in it but I dumped it all out and got new gas and oil mix. [email protected] Thanks, Barb Manglos
ANSWER : You probably have gum or varnish built up inside the carb. take it apart and clean all the ports and jets with fresh gas. drain the float bowl and fill it with fresh gas as well. if you are not familiar with carbs, best not take it apart yourself, or pay VERY close attention to how it came apart.
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