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Re: chain saw rec/saws to avoid?

To: Ron Schmittou <rs1121@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: chain saw rec/saws to avoid?
From: ericm@lne.com
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:49:24 -0700
On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 10:46:46AM -0500, Ron Schmittou wrote:
> 
> Just curious on the list wisdom of emptying the tank and then running
> the carb dry before storage.

That's a really good idea.  I do it on my two-stroke trials motorcycles
by turning off the fuel petcock and letting the bike run the carb dry.
It works pretty well for keeping the carb from gumming up with dried fuel.

I wish chainsaws had fuel taps for that reason... dumping the
tank is messy.

Eric




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