![]() Will I continue to use this Plug, to soon to say. Does it have Merit for certain application ? Certainly ! Do I use it across the board No ! Only as described. The E3 Plug has efficient plug design characteristic's. As for the E3 equation, same philosophy ! I have Raced both Motorcycles, Snowmobiles, Open-Wheeled Modified and have done extensive Engine Tuning to ensure the most efficient Flame Kernal possible to ensure Optimium Combustion. I further use Stabil for obvious reasons when warranted, even though I do not have Ethanol based fuel issues to contend with. But as for Lucus and Duralube Fuel Treatments or Resilone Oil Supplement for worn Engines for example, I have seen the upside to Seal and Oil leak and Consumption Usage and Carbon and Gumming Reduction. As for Slick-50 or Duralube Engine Oil Treatments and their Marketing Statements, I would agree with Rdays analysis. Note: Being a believer within some Engine Additives, Fuel Treatments and Oil Conditioners. He's not the Type.Really ! I believe he was just throwing some general humor in response to Rdays Mind Set. ![]() I don't really have a use for it but I may use it a few times then try to sell it to somebody that might appreciate something a little different.Įasy Gents ! Sax, don't believe Orange meant anything personal about you or I or anyone else regularly on the Forum. All I can say is this is one tough mower. He had a number of these blades, but there probably aren't but a handful of the Homelite/Jacobsen 'commercial' 20" mowers left. There are some OPE guys on there that buy out other suppliers and auction it off. I picked up a couple of new blades on ebay a little cheaper than ordering them - no standard generic blade fits. One thing for sure, it's never going back to that hell hole. I ran it on the dark oil just long enough to get some heat in it for the oil change. Guess what? It started on the first pull with the new plug and runs fine with no gas or oil smoke. They don't really have much grass so I guess they were using it for weed control. I never actually saw what they were doing with it but they had the height adjusters bottomed out and the blade was worn badly as if by sandy conditions. I scraped the mud off the filter before trying to wash it. The foam air filter had dirt caked on it, cutting off most of the air flow. The old one was caked in carbon from the use of bad gas, no oil change and excessively dusty conditions - a real torture test for a new mower and I was thinking the 20 year-old one was going to be toast. So, I got another one since they are cheaper now. The previous E3 could not take a couple years of abuse and had to be replaced. I actually have never had a plug to fail on any OPE except the really old one in that B&S. #E3 spark plugs manualsSince I never have been one to change plugs every year like the manuals recommend, but keep the originals as long as they start okay, I would not hesitate to buy another E3. The power head was still as good as new except for the crummy carb. I eventually threw it away because the carb went bad I can't stand to work on those little Walbro-type 'cube' carbs. On the 2-cycle, the E3 also worked great, providing fast starts and smoother running. ![]() I'm not going to do anything to the plug, just do everything else and see if it starts and runs. Now I have the mower again and it's staying here, but I have to fix it up again. Of course, there was no oil change while he had it either. I just cleaned it up, replaced the blade, spark plug and air filter, changed oil, cleaned out the gas tank, refueled and fired it up (one of the benefits of the vacuum-pulse carburetors - they almost never need cleaning even when abused). I guess he got the mower around '03 and was using the old gas in it since then. He had bought 25 gallons of gas for 'Y2K' in late '99, and instead of using it in his vehicles after nothing happened in 1/2000, he just kept it. I used the trimmer the whole time but the mower was lent to a relative who turned out to be a moron. I know, because I bought both of them new. ![]() Not original 'type', the actual original plugs. Still, this is not a scientific study, because I did not try new regular plugs of the appropriate types in either engine, and both plugs were the originals. I made no adjustments to the spark gap, just installed them. I have used them in two problem engines a 15 yr old Ryobi 31cc 2-cycle trimmer that was hard to start, and an abused (extrememly old fuel) 1989 B&S 3.5 HP mower) with great success. ![]()
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