[Silly Little Cars] Silly_little_cars Digest, Vol 50, Issue 8

[megan murray]

I have heard about carburetor problems before In old cars in Colorado.
At a higher elation you air has less oxygen. So try running it leaner.
Meaning giving a higher ratio oxygen
On Thursday, July 14, 2011, Jeremy Baron <jeremybaron at hotmail.com> wrote:
>  It is air cooled.... Were you thinking something like SAE 30? It actually just died on me last night on my way home from work. I seem to keep fowling the plugs... Or my carburetor gets gummed up. Any tips on how to keep thus engine happy at high elevation? I'm not too much of a mechanic, but I do tinker. Also, my lower door hinge seemed to seize over night! Can't get it to budge. Has this ever happened to anyone?
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> On Jul 14, 2011, at 6:46 AM, RENZO SEES <thesees1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Jeremy, I'm not going to argue with Will, but his is water-cooled and yours IIRC is an air-cooled engine(much harder on oil) The air-cooled version should use a good quality lawn-mower or stationary generator oil.
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> Sweet bejeebus that's a sweet Cush.
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> Not that that helps with your question at all.
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> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Jeremy Baron <jeremybaron at hotmail.com>wrote:
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>> Hey,
>>  This is my first post here. I've got a 1985 Cushman Haulster and was
>> wondering what oil type I should put in it? Any suggestions?
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> Probably hash oil in the glove compartment. That's what I would do.
> On Jul 12, 2011 4:41 PM, "Jeremy Baron" <jeremybaron at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hey,
>> This is my first post here. I've got a 1985 Cushman Haulster and was
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> From: Will <greiner157 at gmail.com>
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> Jeremy-  you can put 10w30 motor oil in your Cushman. I have a 2001 Cushman truckster and that's what I put in mine. Hope that helps.
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> Will
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> On Jul 12, 2011, at 7:41 PM, Jeremy Baron <jeremybaron at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hey,
>> This is my first post here. I've got a 1985 Cushman Haulster and was wondering what oil type I should put in it? Any suggestions?
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