Fuel Bad fuel after 24 days?

[ILENGINE]

The same way a customer can buy a new push mower run it once, and then won't start , and the customer stands next to me while I drain half a tank of water. Or the lady that had me test the fuel in her five fuel cans, and find E10 in all five, but the riding mower has E85. or the customer that says they just purchased that fuel yesterday, at the same time they filled up the tank on their car, and won't ignite even with a propane torch.

Different storage environments can have drastic effects on fuel.

 

[Carscw]

Ok. How can gas in the mower go bad when the gas in the gas can is good when they were bought at the same time? That's the issue I have.

It can not.


Man you got taking for a ride.
If you would of got this from a big box store you could have just took it back and got a new one.

This dealer charged you for something that was his fault.

Did he tell you you was not getting a new 2014 mower?
Did you pay for a 2014 mower or pay for a 2013 mower.

The 2014 model was not made in May of 2013

The dealer ripped you off.
Theft by deception.

 

[Countryboy69]

We'll I had no real choice. Pay the bill or they keep the mower. I'll have to wait and see what husqvarna says. Then maybe I'll try the gas station.

 

[Nwatson99]

Did you take the fuel out of your tank or did the dealer?
Also if the dealer bottled the fuel from your tank was your standing there watching it?
How much gas did you mower have in it when you left the dealership?
From what you have posted I have to agree with Cars, this smells fishy.

 

[Countryboy69]

When it quit the first time I topped it up with the gas can. So it was full. I dropped it off just before closing so they didn't look at it till the next day. They gave it back with about 1 gallon in it. Gas cannot go that bad to gel and plug a carb in 24 days. It may go stale, have a reduction in quality but not that bad to plug up a carb and require several flushes as it "just kept coming out with crap". It will be interesting as to what husky says.

 

[reynoldston]

It can not.


Man you got taking for a ride.
If you would of got this from a big box store you could have just took it back and got a new one.

This dealer charged you for something that was his fault.

Did he tell you you was not getting a new 2014 mower?
Did you pay for a 2014 mower or pay for a 2013 mower.

The 2014 model was not made in May of 2013

The dealer ripped you off.
Theft by deception.

I have to agree with Carscw here, the dealer ripped you off. The big box store would of given you a new mower.

 

[Fish]

One big flag on the play, is to see folks put fuel in non approved containers. Did the dealer do this?

If they do this as a practice, then they are sabatoging the stuff that they are servicing. Leave that gas in those bottles for just a
few minutes, the gas will have dissolved a bit of that plastic, which when or if used in any engine will do harm to it.

 

[Countryboy69]

I called husqvarna and they didn't care, told me to call Kawasaki. Called Kawasaki, they had nothing to say either. So lesson learned I guess. So much for customer service. I won't be buying anything husqvarna related anymore. I really was looking for a place that I could buy all my small engine stuff from. I guess I'll be getting a stihl saw for my next purchase.

 

[Fish]

So you are ignoring my post? So we can assume that you are the one using gas stored in odd plastic containers? Is that why
you let it all drop?

 

[Countryboy69]

I'm storing gas in proper, sealed containers. If the owner of the business doesn't care, husqvarna doesn't care or Kawasaki, what else am I to do? It's not like its a great deal of money. I was just hoping for something other than " it's your fuel that is bad, not our problem" when I proved them wrong. If they don't care about new customers and keeping them. Then I'll go elsewhere. There are other dealers closer that I can go to. They as well don't have the best reputation. I spend more on gas and wasting a day to go and fight a losing battle. They don't care. They got some vids up on YouTube that I'll maybe comment on. Hopefully to lose them some business. That's about all I can do at this point.