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Posted by on March 27, 2007, 11:56 am
On Mar 26, 9:02 pm, tyle...@gmail.com wrote:
> As for winterization, I'm of the opinion that Sta-Bil is a mower's
> best friend. I don't believe in draining the carb bowl because even if
> you do that, there is still fuel residue in all of the jet orifices
> and passages -- and THAT's where gum is the big problem. Just top off
> the fuel tank, pull the spark plug and spray some WD-40 in the
> cylinder, gap the plug and reinstall it.
>
> But -- I run Sta-Bil in ALL my fuel all summer long, not just for
> winterization. That may make a difference. I get gas in a 5g container
> and just add the Sta-Bil to that and it lasts the summer and then
> some. Never had an issue with year-and-a-half-old gas.
I am a firm believer and religious user of Sta-Bil, but gas will STILL
get old. The best thing is to make sure that your last tank of the
season has Sta-Bil or some other fuel conditioner in it, pour almost
all of it out, then run it until it's dry. That way you don't get the
gum that you are worried about because of the stabilizer in the fuel,
but you aren't leaving stale gas in it all winter. I also spray pour
a tiny bit of motor oil in spark plug hole and pull the rope a couple
of time so that I don't risk the piston corroding to the cylinder
wall.
Mine mowers and tiller, and even chain saws and other two-stoke
critters, virtually always have started on the third or fourth pull -
it takes a couple, I guess, to get the motor oil out of the system.
Once in a while I get a first-pull start at the beginning of a
season. When that happens, I go have a cold beer and contemplate the
perfection of the world. :)
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