>> I have a lot of small equipment like weed eaters, generators, wood splitters, ect. that sit alot and get gummed up with bad gas.
It’s that ethanol (thanks, EPA!) that’s getting you. Ethanol is hard on rubber pieces and absorbs water like there’s no tomorrow.
Here’s a couple other things to try:
1) Sta-Bil. Designed to protect against the bad effects of ethanol in small engines that store gas.
2) If you have access to aviation gas, use that in your small engines. (Airport nearby? Pilot friend?) Av gas has no ethanol. I have heard that marine gas has little or no ethanol but I have no direct experience with it. Av gas works GREAT in small engines.
3) Religiously dump out your gas after using your small engine tools, especially if you use them infrequently.
Gas at the nearby marinas is midgrade without ethanol.
Gas at the nearby marinas is midgrade without ethanol.