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"Bob M." <no@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Berkshire Bill" <bkitterm@berkshire.rr.com> wrote in message
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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.
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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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> ...and I would say the same to the suggestion to "drain the oil". Bad idea -
> you will forget, and it will be expensive when you're reminded by the
> shrieking sound of bent, busted piston & valves.
What is this "oil" you speak of? If he burnt off all the gas, where would
there be oil?
Sorry about your toe! I wouldn't have expected that to happen; it must have
been very loose.
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Re: Storing a gas snowblower till next winter
