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Old 11-22-2020, 10:52 AM
gjones8131 gjones8131 is offline
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Originally Posted by Sugar Bear View Post
Put fresh premium fuel in it double dosed with Sta-Bil and put some oil in the cylinders.

Why an engine rebuild? Does it burn oil? M104's run very well for a very long time, mine had 361K miles until a head gasket failure. Compression test at 180K and around 310K were perfect. Consider a compression or leak down test before pulling the engine apart. The rebuild could be $$$ and time with no gain.

Good luck!!!

Thanks for the suggestions! I know Stabil generally keeps fuel good for 1 year. I doubt I will use a full tank of gas in that period, so is it easy to drain the fuel?



I think I misspoke also, I meant engine compartment rebuild, not the internal parts... Everything is old and corroded and needs replacing, including the headgasket.
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