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How do you all get 6.2s to 300K miles

iirc it's a federal mandate that ethanol or bio stickers are supposed to be present on pumps along with measurement calibration stickers. I know all the pumps here in Texas that I have seen all have those stickers. our state also promotes folks calling in the scales and measurements hotline if one thinks the pump isn't reading or dispensing correctly.
 
dbrannon79 said:
iirc it's a federal mandate that ethanol or bio stickers are supposed to be present on pumps along with measurement calibration stickers. I know all the pumps here in Texas that I have seen all have those stickers. our state also promotes folks calling in the scales and measurements hotline if one thinks the pump isn't reading or dispensing correctly.
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At the Clifton gas station. I put 6 gallons in 2 different 5 gallon plastic cans, 2 different times.

The cans have 5 gallon marks on them.

That's a busy station. They were selling a lot of air.
I wonder if anybody else noticed. I called and complained, but nothing came of it.
 
WOW! I recall someone telling me that the procedure is when the station is notified, they are supposed to put that pump out of order and schedule them to come out for calibration. Idk if that is a state rule or federal, but new stickers with service dates should have been put on the pump when they do the inspection / calibration. nowadays a lot of these "hole in the wall" stations don't care and for them it's more profit in their pockets
 
dbrannon79 said:
WOW! I recall someone telling me that the procedure is when the station is notified, they are supposed to put that pump out of order and schedule them to come out for calibration. Idk if that is a state rule or federal, but new stickers with service dates should have been put on the pump when they do the inspection / calibration. nowadays a lot of these "hole in the wall" stations don't care and for them it's more profit in their pockets
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This is a busy station right off Interstate 57.

I wonder if that was the only pump like that. It's odd it happened twice.

It was at least a week or 2 apart. Maybe longer. I don't remember if it was the same pump. .
 
That's exactly how I cleaned the fuel tank out on my old chain saw the other day! I had left it out and it got water in the gas tank. dumped out the fuel, washed out with fresh fuel and then poured in some rubbing alcohol. swished that around and dumped. made the tank perfectly clean where before the water that had gotten in there had turned all the 2 cycle oil to milk curds.

you'd be surprised how much water a small amount of alcohol will hold!
 
dbrannon79 said:
That's exactly how I cleaned the fuel tank out on my old chain saw the other day! I had left it out and it got water in the gas tank. dumped out the fuel, washed out with fresh fuel and then poured in some rubbing alcohol. swished that around and dumped. made the tank perfectly clean where before the water that had gotten in there had turned all the 2 cycle oil to milk curds.

you'd be surprised how much water a small amount of alcohol will hold!
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To be scientifically accurate: you have to know the type of alcohol, the hydrocsrbon average weight of the specific fuel at the moment and the specific gravity of the bio stock.
But the generic measurement is: it’s own weight by volume & the reciprocal of the bio masses weight.
So basically the same amount of alcohol there is.

Imagine the manufacturer makes 1 gallon of fuel containing 25% alcohol.
It can suspend 1 quart of water.
So if the fuel station has leaky lids, and it’s a rainy day, you buy 25 gallons of “fuel”.
You actually get 20 gallons of fuel and 5 gallons of water.
Sounds insane right? But, ya know, physics and all.

Ask me again why I hate corn fuel.
Because 100% pure ethanol is now considered BIO fuel.
Why? Because the corn was a plant (live plant or animal = bio)
So our friend in Illinois can be getting 80% fuel & 20% ethanol delivered to the gas station, then that 20% absorbs 20% water. Poof! Do the math. He now gets 60% fuel, 20% alcohol & 20% water.
Science is fun!
 
Really debating on just keeping my SD plates while back in NYS, i DO NOT want to deal with vehicle inspections or registration fees.

Anyone here do the out of state registration? Its common practice in NYC as our insurance rates are abysmal. Theres tons of Jersey and CT plates in the city for a reason.

But what do you guys say, for reference, I use GEICO and my current policy (full coverage) is $78 a month
 
nycxjeremyy said:
Really debating on just keeping my SD plates while back in NYS, i DO NOT want to deal with vehicle inspections or registration fees.

Anyone here do the out of state registration? Its common practice in NYC as our insurance rates are abysmal. Theres tons of Jersey and CT plates in the city for a reason.

But what do you guys say, for reference, I use GEICO and my current policy (full coverage) is $78 a month
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Some places you need to have permanent residence/ mailing address in the state your plate are from
 
nycxjeremyy said:
Really debating on just keeping my SD plates while back in NYS, i DO NOT want to deal with vehicle inspections or registration fees.

Anyone here do the out of state registration? Its common practice in NYC as our insurance rates are abysmal. Theres tons of Jersey and CT plates in the city for a reason.

But what do you guys say, for reference, I use GEICO and my current policy (full coverage) is $78 a month
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Keepum if its allowable.
Mt. Says you have to have the vehicle registered in Mt. if You are employed here.
I remember years ago, HP would cruise road construction sites parking lots and write up tickets when crews changed shifts or got off work,
 
$78 for full coverage is cheap

If you have a friend in NY but who lives out of the city see if you can use their address. I have a friend in the city who uses my address as his mailing address.

I think there's states like Montana and one of the Dakotas where you can register a vehicle by just having an LLC and P.O. box there

NY is one of the worst, lots of money grabs around vehicles like needing to re- inspect a vehicle when it changes owners even if the current inspection is still active. States like Maryland only require an inspection when the vehicle is sold and that is exempt when selling to a family member.

So if you can find someone upstate or do what you can to register elsewhere
 
DieselAmateur said:
$78 for full coverage is cheap

If you have a friend in NY but who lives out of the city see if you can use their address. I have a friend in the city who uses my address as his mailing address.

I think there's states like Montana and one of the Dakotas where you can register a vehicle by just having an LLC and P.O. box there

NY is one of the worst, lots of money grabs around vehicles like needing to re- inspect a vehicle when it changes owners even if the current inspection is still active. States like Maryland only require an inspection when the vehicle is sold and that is exempt when selling to a family member.

So if you can find someone upstate or do what you can to register elsewhere
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And Miles City,Terry, Forsyth being very rural towns should be mighty cheap insurance.
Or try Angela. All that is there is a post office.
Used to be a store, I think they might sell gasoline and some of the essentials for groceries, if the store portion is still open.
 
Seems to start up fine and didn't see any smoke like before! Les is right. pumping the throttle does nothing. if your high idle and cold advance solenoid is working, you step on the pedal once with the key on then start, that will put the throttle in "high idle" mode till it warms up. but those two need to be connected and working first.

I can try to get out there sometime this week and take pics of my high idle solenoid and advance along with the temp sensor how mine is setup for you if you need. unless others can post their pics. there should be a two terminal temp sensor (most is located on the thermostat crossover) one terminal is hot with the key, the other is connected to both the high idle and the cold advance solenoid on the IP. once the coolant temp reaches about 120 or so it turns off both solenoids.
 
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