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Three out of four of Don's suggestions are spot on, and number 3 is
especially important, but:
Don't drain the oil from the sump.
Next October / November, as you get it ready for the snow season,
get it started and run it 10 or so minutes in neutral to get the oil
hot.
Shut it down, drai the oil and refill with clean new lube oil of whatever
grade the mfgr recommends.
To get it unning after strage, you'll want to put in a new plug.
You may also want to spray a bunch of "Start Fluid" (ether)
or carb cleaner into the cylinder while the old plug is out
and before puting the new plug in, and pull the engine over
once or twice, to clean the oil residue from the cylinder / pistons.
Don Phillipson wrote:
> "Joseph Meehan" <sligoNoSPAMjoe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:463e38ae$0$18865$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>
>>Walter Cohen wrote:
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>>>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)
>>
>> 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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Re: Storing a gas snowblower till next winter
