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Subject:Re: Westy has been sitting a while.
From:Sudhir Desai
Date:Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:31:06 -0400

IMHO, put a fresh tank of gas in and use a couple bottles of seafoam
(you can get it at napa) in the engine.  one in the fuel and one in
the oil.

Sudhir

On 8/30/05, Andrew <awg1011@gmail.com> wrote:
> My 84 Westy, with a Digifant II I4 conversion, has been sitting a couple
> years without running. How likely is that the injectors will be clogged
> and/or sticky? Should I run some kind of cleaner through them before trying
> to start it?
> 
> I drained the gas tank and the old gas wasn't nearly as bad as I expected,
> but I've heard that smaller quanties of gas will go bad and gum up faster.
> 
> Thanks, AWG
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