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[#] Mon Sep 05 2016 07:41:31 EDT from the_mgt

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expectation not satisfied

story should have ended with an engaged gear or at least one car fire



[#] Sat Oct 01 2016 17:36:38 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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How about a story that ends with someone getting chopped into pieces with a chainsaw? It can happen ... if someone here helps me fix a chainsaw engine.

My dad gave me a 20+ year old Craftsman chainsaw, in non-working condition.
We knew the fuel line was broken, so I replaced the fuel line all the way from the carbeurator to the tank, and replaced the pickup/filter just for good measure.

At this point it would run for a moment or two if I sprayed some carb and choke cleaner into the throttle body, then it died. The next thing I did was to clean the spark plug. At this point it now starts, runs fine at idle speed for as long as I want it to, but it reliably stalls after just a few seconds of running at high (cutting) speed.

What could this be? The way it stalls sounds like it's starved for fuel, but I see fuel in the line, no bubbles.

[#] Sun Oct 02 2016 16:17:45 EDT from Freakdog <freakdog@dogpound2.citadel.org>

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Sat Oct 01 2016 05:36:38 PM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored
How about a story that ends with someone getting chopped into pieces with a chainsaw? It can happen ... if someone here helps me fix a chainsaw engine.

My dad gave me a 20+ year old Craftsman chainsaw, in non-working condition.
We knew the fuel line was broken, so I replaced the fuel line all the way from the carbeurator to the tank, and replaced the pickup/filter just for good measure.

At this point it would run for a moment or two if I sprayed some carb and choke cleaner into the throttle body, then it died. The next thing I did was to clean the spark plug. At this point it now starts, runs fine at idle speed for as long as I want it to, but it reliably stalls after just a few seconds of running at high (cutting) speed.

What could this be? The way it stalls sounds like it's starved for fuel, but I see fuel in the line, no bubbles.

Clogged carb jets?



[#] Sun Oct 02 2016 22:59:35 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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Clogged carb jets?

That's kinda what I'm thinking too ... but I don't know much about carbeuretors.
Is it like, a big piece of debris could be floating around in there, and when the engine is revved it plugs up a hole somewhere?

[#] Mon Oct 03 2016 19:49:23 EDT from Freakdog <freakdog@dogpound2.citadel.org>

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Sun Oct 02 2016 10:59:35 PM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored
Clogged carb jets?

That's kinda what I'm thinking too ... but I don't know much about carbeuretors.
Is it like, a big piece of debris could be floating around in there, and when the engine is revved it plugs up a hole somewhere?

Probably more like something's gunked it up and, while there's enough flow to get it started and let it idle, when you go to throttle it up, there's not enough flow and the engine starves.



[#] Thu Oct 06 2016 17:40:16 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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Yeesh. So basically I'm looking at a carbeuretor rebuild ... or for $12 I might as well just replace it. Unless there's a way to give it a thorough cleaning without taking it apart?

[#] Mon Oct 10 2016 18:03:47 EDT from Ragnar Danneskjold

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You could try spraying the snot out of it with carb cleaner.

[#] Mon Oct 10 2016 19:26:39 EDT from zooer

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...and not vice-versa, that will just clog it back up.



[#] Thu Oct 13 2016 16:44:29 EDT from pandora

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Yea, I'd try carb cleaner first. Ethanol is the biggest problem when it sits, but it just going through the carb can cause premature wear on the rubber bits, plus even draining the fuel there's still some that's left in the carb. Lucus makes an ethanol treatment, it's well worth the money. My falcon can sit 6 months and be fine, but the one time I forgot it and it sat for a month you coudl tell there was water in the fuel when I finally started it back up.



[#] Thu Oct 13 2016 16:46:11 EDT from pandora

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And if you want ethanol free gas, you might be able to buy it at places like a tractor supply store, as long as it's for "off road use." The pure gas website is for people who want ethanol free gas for road use I believe. You can also get ethanol free gas from the docks.



[#] Thu Oct 13 2016 20:45:48 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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Carb cleaner it is, then ... and if that doesn't work, then the $12 replacement (and no, it's not the $12 part that I'm hesitating on, it's the procedure of replacing it; I might screw something else up).

This was my dad's chainsaw, and it did sit around for a long time. Once I get it running again, it'll stay running, because I use fuel stabilizer religiously, and all of my small engines start easily every time. Everything except the car gets fuel stabilizer, no matter how soon I think I'll use the fuel.

[#] Fri Oct 14 2016 15:13:51 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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Ok, doused it in carb cleaner, letting it sit for a while before starting again.

Would letting it run at idle for a long time help clear it out? It'll run forever at idle; it only dies when I run it at cutting speed.

[#] Fri Oct 14 2016 15:53:43 EDT from Ragnar Danneskjold

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Nope. Don't bother. You could try a bit of carb cleaner while it's running.
But if can easily stall.

A small engine carb replacement is incredibly easy. Not much to screw up.

[#] Sat Oct 15 2016 17:18:41 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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Take the spark plug out and put some oil in and let it soak for a
couple of days. Then try to turn the engine again.

This worked! Except instead of days I let it sit for a couple of weeks.
With some fresh oil and some help from a "Mr. Leverage" I got it freed, then turned it a few dozen times by hand, and it started. The pressure washer is now running again ... just in time to winterize it and put it away. :)

I also ordered the replacement carburetor for the chainsaw. Hopefully that will be all it takes to get the chainsaw running so I can use it to dispatch any wandering zombies. Or maybe I can join that Mexican drug gang that behads people with chainsaws.

[#] Mon Oct 17 2016 13:30:27 EDT from Ragnar Danneskjold

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This worked! Except instead of days I let it sit for a couple of
weeks.

I did that with a Mercedes diesel engine that had been seized. A little oil in where the glow plugs should be. Try turning the crank with a breaker bar.


Freed the engine after a couple of weeks of soaking.

[#] Thu Dec 08 2016 19:30:13 EST from zooer

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Because you people are the smartest people on this website, I have a question.  You were able to answer the question about the lines in the road so I know you can answer this one.

Earlier this week a semi carrying fuel tipped over and spilled fuel.  The DEC, hazardous materials and environmental teams cleaned up the area.   I saw them using a backhoe digging up dirt and putting it in a dump truck.  My question is, what do they do with that dirt?  I don't think you can clean dirt.    Is it just cleaned up from one area and dumped in another?  Do they stick in in barrels and bury it?

On a side note I found out if you have your old windows replaced in your home and they have lead paint in them, they just wrap the windows loosely in plastic and dump them in a landfill.  

 



[#] Mon Dec 12 2016 07:25:21 EST from the_mgt

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In germany, dirt like that gets burned at ultra high temperatures. They'll probably mix it with other stuff to get a smoother experience.

No clue what they do with lead paint here.



[#] Mon Dec 12 2016 08:57:55 EST from Haven

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There is a way to clean dirt.  I do not remember the process as I last worked with Environmental scientists 20 years ago, and I am hoping they have come up with better methods in that time.  

There is/was an EPA superfund for cleaning up "Brown Fields" which are sites of industrial accidents and/or where manufacturing companies that used toxic chemicals to do their work.    At the time (mid 90s), it took 4 - 10 years to clean those sites.  I am guessing that cleaning the dirt from a truck accident would be fairly similar.   

I remember reading a few years ago that there was a new enzyme that would "eat" oil, and was being tested for oil spills.  

 

In doing searches, I found several products that say they will help with oil spill cleanup.   No idea if they work or not.   



[#] Mon Dec 12 2016 22:05:46 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

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Depends on the contaminant, of course. In cases where the dirt is contaminated with petroleum products, a microbial process can be used.

One such process uses a microbial blend that is branded "IOS-500" [http://ios500.com/] from International Organic Solutions. They developed this blend from the bacteria found in leaf litter. Uncoincidentally, the same microbial blend is also used in rejuvination of septic system leach fields (which is where I learned about it).

There are, I'm sure, other processes which target other types of contaminants.
But I say we just take off and nuke the whole site from orbit; it's the only way to be sure.

[#] Mon Dec 19 2016 10:23:14 EST from zooer

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THE REMEDY PARTS NEEDED TO CONDUCT DRIVER'S AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALLS WILL START BECOMING AVAILABLE IN FALL 2016.

 

You have TWO DAYS Honda, two days and FALL of 2016 will be over.



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