Wayne.B wrote in
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On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:09:42 -0400, wrote:
If you want the
benefit of storing a carb dry, you must disassemble it, clean it with
solvent and then blow it completely dry with compressed air. You can't
leave a few drops of gasoline in any nooks, crannies or jets without
bad consequences.
That's technically correct but letting the motor run out of gas before
storage delivers most of the benefits with a lot less effort.
Stabilized gas can still gum up, it just takes longer.
Another thing that works better on a run-almost-dry outboard is storing it
on it SIDE rather than hanging upright on a stand. Any fuel left in the
bowl is now against the top side of the bowl, so when it evaporates what
tiny residue it leaves is nowhere near the jets in the bottom of the bowl,
so no threat to clogging them. When you crank it back up next time, the
new gas flowing through the engine will, eventually, redissolve the tiny
residue while you're cruising along on the clean jets....(c;]
Ah, some of the benefits of a SIMPLE two-stroke engine....no crankcase oil.
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