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The plug in my MEP-802 is dead. That’s what, about two years’ worth?
The other, sitting in a jar of #2 diesel has swollen about twice normal, the fuel is tinted black.
GMG? Um, no.
Will post pics for comparison when I get another set - on order.
Doesn’t appear to be from what I’m reading in these posts.
Good tool to use for reactivity/resistance:
https://www.customadvanced.com/chemical-resistance-chart.html?chemical=Diesel+Oil&rubber=NBR
edit: 2111HRS
Well Nuts, pickled in low-sulfur diesel fuel with a bit of Optilube XPD added...
Well, bummer.
I bought two of those from GMG in Oct ‘16 and just checked the numbers on them. #47 and 79.
Packing slip reads “A3816”.
What the heck did I buy? And if those guys are just buying up local stock from ACE or Tractor Supply or somewhere and selling them at an obscene profit and...
I got lucky.
Was replacing the batteries the other day (Optima yellow tops - prior owner put in some cheap garden center tractor batteries about a year old now - genset would start, take an hour to recharge. Optima? Starts FASTER, recharged in less than ten minutes), got to thinking about...