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Re: Best way to store small engine

To: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Best way to store small engine
From: ericm@lne.com
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:10:27 -0800
On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 06:51:13PM -0500, David Scheidt wrote:
> 
> Running the engine dry is a bad idea.  If it's a two stroke, the oil
> is the source of lubrication, so you're running it until its
> unlubricated, then shutting it off.

There's lots of left over oil. As long as you let it idle (instead of
running it WFO) during the last part as it is running lean, it's fine.

I regularly do this with my dirt bikes (and with my road race bike
when I had it).  I have taken apart two-strokes which I let run dry
this way and there's still a lot of oil in the engine.


Of course if it's a Honda generator it probably has a floar bowl drain
(mine does) which you could use to drain all the gas out of the float bowl.


Eric




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