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"Don Phillipson" <d.phillipsonSPAMBLOCK@ncf.ca> wrote in message
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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.
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> 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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NO FINGER TIGHT SPARK PLUGS !! I unknowingly started a lawn mower with a
finger tight spark plug. When the spark plug left the cylinder head and
went through the side of my boot I figured "no problem" it will heal. Two
weeks later they amputated my great toe at the first joint.
Bill
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Re: Storing a gas snowblower till next winter
