Tom G wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:13:24 -0400, "mmc" wrote:

I've always gone by the dump it after 60 day rule.
That's way too conservative. It should be good for at least 6 months
under normal storage conditions, a year or more if a bit of Sta-Bil is
added.

The important thing is to not let stale fuel stand in the carburetor
or injection system. Disconnect the fuel hose and let the engine run
out of gas before leaving it unused for more than a month or so.

But then don't you have to drain the gas from the carburetor bowl. I've had
the worst problem with that little bit of gas solidifieing in the bowl and
high speed orifice over the Winter. I've had to disassemble the carburetor
on my outboard, my garden tractor, and my push mower the last two years
because of this problem and I used Stabil and ran the engines out of gas.


Tom G.


I have had pretty good luck not draining the carburetor. On one piece of
equipment that goes long periods between uses I had never drained the
carburetor until one year I did and the next time I went to use the
machine it wouldn't start. Had to do a little carb work to get it going
again. Coincidence, maybe. But I will never drain a carb again.