Bad gas

[newc4]

I thought I was having problems with my octopus. But the gas has been sitting in the tank for 4-5 years. It started right up before off this gas, so I assumed it was OK. Mebbe when I opened the petcocks to prime, might I have dumped crappy gas into the carbs, hence no start? When I fed it good gas out of a gas can it eventually cleared up and the throttle responded normally.


Darrell

[wildbill]

Get rid of the bad gas. Drain your tank and use fresh gas. If you are very luck it might not have done anything major to your carbs. Would be a good idea to clean the inside of your gas tank as well. There is more than likely all sorts of crud in there somewhere including the petcocks and carbs. I know that that sounds like a whole lot of work but better safe than sorry.