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Message: I stored my MGB for 16 years, it ran OK when I first got it running again, THE ISSUES COME LATER.
Changed By: Jeff (Philly)
Change Date: April 24, 2017 12:55PM
I stored my MGB for 16 years, it ran OK when I first got it running again, THE ISSUES COME LATER.
Change Date: April 24, 2017 12:55PM
I stored my MGB for 16 years, it ran OK when I first got it running again, THE ISSUES COME LATER.
If you keep burning old gas after yearly winter storage. It can cause valve damage and carburetor problems. After I restored the 1974 MGB in 2000, so my daughter could drive it to high school her senior year, it has been stored every winter and driven very little in the summer leaving the old gas in the tank year after year. Eventually the MG started running poorly and it was getting worse every year. Last year it died completely. My MG specialist gave me the carburetor and valves as possible reasons for the problem. First he pulled the valve cover and found the valves to be working properly although compression was down from what it was in 2000 (if valves had been the problem it would have meant pulling the head and getting a valve job). Instead it was a $600 carburetor rebuild (dual carbs). Same experience with my lawn tractor I've had for 14 years, after leaving gas sit in the tank every winter I had to get the carburetor rebuilt. Also the same thing happened to my chain saw. For the chain saw I have discovered you can buy gas in a quart can that is already stabilized at Home Depot.
Having learned from my MGB experience, last summer I drained the olg gas out of my generator and then put in a couple of gallons of new gas with Sta-Bil. This summer if I don't have an occasion to use that gas I will drain the generator again and replace with new gas+Sta-Bil as a preventative measure.
My MGB specialist is a semi retired automotive tech writer that enjoys rebuilding MG engines and transmissions as well as repairing MGBs, he is well known in the MGB forums. His house has a three car garage with a power lift in the middle stall. He says that "old gas, when you run an engine with it turns into something like varnish, and gums up the works over time".
Better safe than sorry. B)
Jeff
Having learned from my MGB experience, last summer I drained the olg gas out of my generator and then put in a couple of gallons of new gas with Sta-Bil. This summer if I don't have an occasion to use that gas I will drain the generator again and replace with new gas+Sta-Bil as a preventative measure.
My MGB specialist is a semi retired automotive tech writer that enjoys rebuilding MG engines and transmissions as well as repairing MGBs, he is well known in the MGB forums. His house has a three car garage with a power lift in the middle stall. He says that "old gas, when you run an engine with it turns into something like varnish, and gums up the works over time".
Better safe than sorry. B)
Jeff
Original Message
Author: Jeff (Philly)Date: April 24, 2017 12:48PM
I stored my MGB for 16 years, it ran OK when I first got it running again, THE ISSUES COME LATER.
If you keep burning old gas after yearly winter storage. It can cause valve damage and carburetor problems. After I restored the MGB in 2000, so my daughter could drive it to high school her senior year, it has been stored every winter and driven very little in the summer leaving the old gas in the tank year after year. Eventually the MG started running poorly and it was getting worse every year. Last year it died completely. My MG specialist gave me the carburetor and valves as possible reasons for the problem. First he pulled the valve cover and found the valves to be working properly although compression was down from what it was in 2000 (if valves had been the problem it would have meant pulling the head and getting a valve job). Instead it was a $600 carburetor rebuild (dual carbs). Same experience with my lawn tractor I've had for 14 years, after leaving gas sit in the tank every winter I had to get the carburetor rebuilt. Also the same thing happened to my chain saw. For the chain saw I have discovered you can buy gas in a quart can that is already stabilized at Home Depot.
Having learned from my MGB experience, last summer I drained the olg gas out of my generator and then put in a couple of gallons of new gas with Sta-Bil. This summer if I don't have an occasion to use that gas I will drain the generator again and replace with new gas+Sta-Bil as a preventative measure.
My MGB specialist is a semi retired automotive tech writer that enjoys rebuilding MG engines and transmissions as well as repairing MGBs, he is well known in the MGB forums. His house has a three car garage with a power lift in the middle stall. He says that "old gas, when you run an engine with it turns into something like varnish, and gums up the works over time".
Better safe than sorry. B)
Jeff
Having learned from my MGB experience, last summer I drained the olg gas out of my generator and then put in a couple of gallons of new gas with Sta-Bil. This summer if I don't have an occasion to use that gas I will drain the generator again and replace with new gas+Sta-Bil as a preventative measure.
My MGB specialist is a semi retired automotive tech writer that enjoys rebuilding MG engines and transmissions as well as repairing MGBs, he is well known in the MGB forums. His house has a three car garage with a power lift in the middle stall. He says that "old gas, when you run an engine with it turns into something like varnish, and gums up the works over time".
Better safe than sorry. B)
Jeff