Re: 82 ranger 370 sitting for 2 years - old gas-advice?
Carb cleaning is almost a must. Get the old gas out by opening the individual carb drains and try to run Seafoam thru your engine as it says on the can. Get rid of any gas in the fuel tank, lines, bulbs etc. If it runs ok after that you are lucky but it probably is not worth the risk as one stopped up carb can ruin its associated cylinder (by runing too lean and not properly providing lubercation). Carbs are best cleaned by someone who does it regularly and in my area that is about $40 a carb. Never let gas stay in a carb, run it out each day, as the engine sits in the sun and it cooks out leaving the Saudia Aribia Landscape and Gunk inside. The only way to leave gas in your carbs without doing damage is to use Aircraft 100LL gas (refinery stabilized without aeromatics) and that can only stand one season. A lot of people including me are having trouble with the stabliity of car and marine gas as it contains octane boosters which readily evaporate out and leave the undesireable residue that stops up the jets on your carbs.
