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Old 10-04-2011, 10:33 PM   #13 (permalink)
Ryland
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
I think the issue with small engines & such is not really the gas itself, but the varnish & crud that builds up in the system from the gas just sitting there. But if you put that same gas in a different engine, it does ok.
I've had gas that was just over a year old sitting in a gas can not work in a lawn mower so my family has taken to tagging and dating gas cans when they get filled so we don't end up with gas that is years old.
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