RE: [ihc] Octane selection

["John M. Adams" <jma@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
> John Hofstetter
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 7:27 PM
> To: Steven Stegmann
> Cc: David Bongo; ihc@domain.elided; David Raistrick
> Subject: Re: [ihc] Octane selection
>
> Well, Steve, that may be gasoline in Missouri, or even in Maryland, but
> that is not gas in California. Our gas starts to smell bad in a mower
> tank in a couple of weeks, and if left in the mower carb, it will gum
> it up to the point of requiring disassembly in order to get the mower
> back to running again.
>
> Gas in a small gas can gets a bad smell, turns color, and deposits gum
> on the inner walls of the can. Personally, I use a lot of Stabil gas
> stabilizer because it's not always convenient to empty everything
> before we leave for the winter.
>
> Our chain saw and mower shop sells Stabil by the gallon, and stocks a
> lot of it. I think most of his business is cleaning carbs on the small
> engines.
>
> If the Scout is to sit more than a month without being used, I treat it
> with Stabil.
>
> So, that's gas in California.
>

John, is that due to the MTBE? What's the latest on that disaster? Are they
still on track to lose that like Davis promised? As I remember, it came out
of the pump smelling bad already, and only got worse if it sat. Not to
mention the 101 other problems...
John A.