Craftsman 18.5 Kohler- gelled fuel

cjet69

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Since winter is on its way and I wanted to be prepared for a change I thought I would fire up the craftsman. Well, not a pop unless I sprayed a shot of starting fluid. Its been sitting since this spring so I immediately figure its bad fuel just like the last time I let it sit this long. Pulled the carb and opened it up to find a bunch of jelly. I am running the carb thru the sonic cleaner right now to see if that will do the trick.

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Water did the damage on that one. larrybl has it right. I use the Sta-bil with MMO in all of mine all the time. Use plastic containers to store you gas in as they don't draw moisture like a steel can does.
 
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