Jacksonville, Florida has a warm humid temperate climate with hot summers and no dry season. The area within 25 mi of this station is covered by forests (50%), croplands (24%), oceans and seas (11%), built-up areas (7%), and lakes and rivers (5%).
Fill the gas tank with a couple inches of water to clean out varnish. Pour a cup of muriatic acid into the tank. Move the tank around for a few minutes so the solution covers the inside completely. Pour three or four cups of lime into a bucket.Pour a gallon of water into the bucket and stir it with a long stick.ove the tank around a few minutes. Let the gas tank sit overnight to clean varnish out. Repeat Step #5 to neutralize and dispose of the muriatic acid. Spray the inside of the tank out thoroughly with a garden hose. Allow it to air dry before you use it again. Otherwise you'll have water mixed in with the gas.
A simple fuel system clean up usually means. remove the gas tank and clean it out using carb. cleaner and swab or even use a pressure washer (just get all the water out if you use the pressure washer). Remove the spark plug clean it and spray carb. cleaner down the spark plug hole and pull the rope.this cleans out the comb chamber or chambers and primes the engine for quick start. install the plug, inspect the fuel hoses and/or primer bulb, put the tank back on, and start it up.SE a Can Of CARB CLEANER to prime it by directly spraying it down the carb. then CHOKE it and pull the rope or remove the spark plug and spary a 2 second blast down the spark plug hole! Two stroke or four it won't hurt the engine. Some will say don't do it on two strokes but using it for priming won't hurt a thing.