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On May 9, 8:34 am, trad...@optonline.net wrote:
> On May 7, 9:17 pm, "aemeijers" <aemeij...@att.net> wrote:
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> > "Toller" <Tol...@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >news:uTw%h.8106$ya1.3986@news02.roc.ny...
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> > > "Bob M." <n...@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > >news:hOqdnawFjfOCBKPbnZ2dnUVZ_vOlnZ2d@bresnan.com...
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> > >> "Berkshire Bill" <bkitt...@berkshire.rr.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:463e6b88$0$4642
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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.
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> > >>> 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?
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> > > Sorry about your toe! I wouldn't have expected that to happen; it must
> > > have been very loose.
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> > Do like they do in the military- use zip ties/baling wire, and big colored
> > tags, to mark any oil sumps and POL tanks that have been drained, so the
> > poor SOB that pulls it out of storage years later has a clue what is going
> > on. Hell, the older I get, the more yellow sticky notes I use to leave
> > reminders to myself.
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> Even better, just change the oil at the end of the season and put in
> new oil, which is what I do. I do not know of any engine manufacturer
> that recommends storing an engine with no oil in it. An empty sump is
> just more air space for condensation to take place. Plus, I don;t see
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The advantage is that untreated gas can go bad over the winter and
clog the tank and the carb requires an inconvenient and possibly
expensive repair.
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