WINTER STORAGE

[jakewells]

A local marathon gas station sells recreational fuel contains no ethanol and it is 90 octane cost is 20 cents more than 87 corn gas but the benefit of no fuel system problems are worth it.

I'm been using it for 2 yrs and NEVER had to use stabil in my machines i just turn off the fuel and run my equipment till it runs out in the carburetor.

as for other things i change the oil,filters,sparkplugs and sharpen the blades then i spray fogging oil in the cylinder then clean the decks and spray oil on them then a plastic sheet gets wrapped up on them in my garage.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Since November I have been taking my mowers out if I haven't used them in awhile to run them. I do it once a week. Now I decided to turn the gas valve off, run the gas out of the carb, and store the mower, keeping the gas that is in the tank. I will try to run the mower maybe once a month, but I was wondering if this is OK for the mower. Or would it just be a better idea to run it once a week without running the gas out of the carb?

 

[Parkmower]

Since November I have been taking my mowers out if I haven't used them in awhile to run them. I do it once a week. Now I decided to turn the gas valve off, run the gas out of the carb, and store the mower, keeping the gas that is in the tank. I will try to run the mower maybe once a month, but I was wondering if this is OK for the mower. Or would it just be a better idea to run it once a week without running the gas out of the carb?

Drain the tank and run it out of gas. The gas in the tank will go bad no matter if you run it once a week or not unless you stabilized it.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Drain the tank and run it out of gas. The gas in the tank will go bad no matter if you run it once a week or not unless you stabilized it.

So it will be OK to let it sit over the winter with nothing in the tank? Just making sure.

 

[Rednekdaddy]

Just be sure not to use the gas that you leave in the tank all winter!

 

[possum]

You are making it far harder than it is. And alot more complicated. If the carb is already empty then what in the world are you worried about the gas tank being empty? What differnce will it make to drain the gas out now and draining it out come spring? Drain the darn gas from the tank and burn it in a car, snowblower, something this winter. Just get it out of the tanks and get rid of it. Run your engines dry, put a squirt of oil in the spark plug hole give it a couple pulls and park them. Now forget about them until its time to get ready to mow. Like my Dad always said about cows. Prepare them for spring, turn them out, make sure they are there and leave them be. Same with the lawn stuff, prepare them for winter storage and leave them be. Go blow snow, rake yards, drink coffee, trim trees, visit on the internet, look at new equipment, argue about Honda versus Toro, MTD versus Poulan, Chinese engines versus Briggs and Stratton, and HDEO versus PCMO. If you keep up all your worry you will die far to soon and we will all miss you. Most of my friends died this summer, all of them were very worried about the coming election. None of them got to vote. One of them was worried about his girlfriend and she has already found another fellow. One of them was worried about his van and his worst enemy now owns it. One of them was worried about the state of disrepair of the cemetery and he now is buried in it. I hope you get snow for Christmass. We are supposed to get some tonight.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

You are making it far harder than it is. And alot more complicated. If the carb is already empty then what in the world are you worried about the gas tank being empty? What differnce will it make to drain the gas out now and draining it out come spring? Drain the darn gas from the tank and burn it in a car, snowblower, something this winter. Just get it out of the tanks and get rid of it. Run your engines dry, put a squirt of oil in the spark plug hole give it a couple pulls and park them. Now forget about them until its time to get ready to mow. Like my Dad always said about cows. Prepare them for spring, turn them out, make sure they are there and leave them be. Same with the lawn stuff, prepare them for winter storage and leave them be. Go blow snow, rake yards, drink coffee, trim trees, visit on the internet, look at new equipment, argue about Honda versus Toro, MTD versus Poulan, Chinese engines versus Briggs and Stratton, and HDEO versus PCMO. If you keep up all your worry you will die far to soon and we will all miss you. Most of my friends died this summer, all of them were very worried about the coming election. None of them got to vote. One of them was worried about his girlfriend and she has already found another fellow. One of them was worried about his van and his worst enemy now owns it. One of them was worried about the state of disrepair of the cemetery and he now is buried in it. I hope you get snow for Christmass. We are supposed to get some tonight.

OK thanks for the info. Yeah, I heard about the storm out west. We are supposed to get rain/snow on Christmas, so pretty much a mess! But they will change there minds a couple times from now to then so hopefully they change it to snow! :licking:

 

[Ric]

OK thanks for the info. Yeah, I heard about the storm out west. We are supposed to get rain/snow on Christmas, so pretty much a mess! But they will change there minds a couple times from now to then so hopefully they change it to snow! :licking:

I'm glad I don't have to worry about all this winter storage crap.

 

[MowerMike]

Since November I have been taking my mowers out if I haven't used them in awhile to run them. I do it once a week. Now I decided to turn the gas valve off, run the gas out of the carb, and store the mower, keeping the gas that is in the tank. I will try to run the mower maybe once a month, but I was wondering if this is OK for the mower. Or would it just be a better idea to run it once a week without running the gas out of the carb?

I just close the fuel petcock and run the engine until it stops. I then unscrew the drain plug in the carb float bowl to remove any remaining gas. I also add fuel stabilizer to my gas can when I buy it. I store my mower and other gas powered tools in my garage, which never gets below freezing and is dry.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

I don't feel like doing a lot with it, so will it be OK just running it until it stops? And then just putting it away? I will get it serviced in February.