Originally Posted by
FLDan
I wouldn't worry, it should be fine...just make sure there's plenty of smoke..I've run mine 250-260+well before the first gallon. There's no magic amount of fuel, but once it loosens up, it'll seem like it's running really rich all the sudden. You can then dial it in and it will start producing more power.. temps will be more consistant...
I was racing the p5, ran the first heat of the day and it was runnnig great, weather didnt change all day. It had a chance to cool and was then reheated to operating temp before it was fired for the second heat. when i started it, it was running crazy rich. A quick adjustment and I was back in business, power was much better than before and that was really close to the 2gal mark. My Toro did the same thing around its 2gal mark