Well, it is in my book. Last week I was out cutting the grass with my Deere LT133....I peform maintenance on her regularly (plugs, change oil & air filter etc) and always use 92 octane gas that has been laced wtih Stabil. All of a sudden, she starts sputtering, hesitating etc, and will only maintain a rough idle if I set the choke to full. Rut roh, not good. I removed the spark plug (clean), checked the air filter (clean), and tried shooting carb & choke cleaner. No help, she's still running rough. I added a double-strength mix of SeaFoam to the gas and just let her run. After ten minutes, vroom vroom, she's rockin! It gets better.....after finishing the lawn, I get out my Echo backpack blower (it's their biggest model, forget the number), and son of a bleep, the exact same thing is happening with the blower. Ok, let's cut to the chase...I ad a honking amount of Seafoam, and in just a couple of minutes, she's running fine.
My thought is that I probably got a bad batch of gas as I tend to fill up two five-gallon tanks at the same time. But dang, I use super gas and Stabil and didn't think there would be a problem. Sea Foam is the real deal!
My thought is that I probably got a bad batch of gas as I tend to fill up two five-gallon tanks at the same time. But dang, I use super gas and Stabil and didn't think there would be a problem. Sea Foam is the real deal!