Running Carbs Dry

[ken52]

Someone told me that he use to disconnect fuel line from motor on return and allways ran it dry and suggested to that it would help with fuel problem.

Anyone here ever heard of that or doing that practice of running dry? I do it on my generator but I keep stabil in fuel and won't run generator for a few months later.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Running Carbs Dry

use seafoam in your fuel, do not run dry on multiple carbed motors. single carbs is fine.

 

[Joe Reeves]

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(J. Reeves)

If the engine has but one carburetor, it's unlikely that running the engine out of gas would do any harm. When the carburetor runs out of the fuel/oil mixture, the engine stops running.

However, a engine that has more than one carburetor should simply be shut off. The reasoning is that the top carburetor will run out of fuel first due to gravity and the engine will continue to run on because of the still existing fuel in the other lower carburetors.

This results in having at least one aluminum piston running up and down a steel cylinder wall with improper or no lubrication. Not a good idea!

 

[ken52]

Re: Running Carbs Dry

Thanks guys for the replies. Didn't even think of what you stated Joe about how the fuel and mr gravity works!

 

[ken52]

Re: Running Carbs Dry

use seafoam in your fuel, do not run dry on multiple carbed motors. single carbs is fine.

Do you use seafoam as a regular fuel additive besides using to decarb motor?