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"Joseph Meehan" <sligoNoSPAMjoe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Walter Cohen wrote:
> > Never had a gas powered snow blower until now. How do I store it
> > until I need it next winter?
> > The engine takes a mixture of gas and oil.
> > I already ran it until the engine died for lack of fuel.
> > What else do I need to do (i.e. with the spark plug, etc)
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> That's the big part. For me I'd be sure to hose it off to get any
> salt off of it and clean it up. I might spray any exposed metal with some
> WS-40 and store it someplace dry and safe.
Emptying gas tank and carburettor are primary.
I also (2) empty the oil sump;
(3) remove spark plug, squirt a few drops of oil
in the hole and pull manual starter once (to
distribute oil on cylinder walls, and replace
the spark plug only finger tight;
(4) store under cover from the weather.
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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Re: Storing a gas snowblower till next winter
