[Shop-talk] Winterizing (summerizing?) an engine?

[Paul Parkanzky]

Install a fuel shutoff. I have one on my big Ariens snowblower, my
generator, my nicer push mower, etc. When you're done using it and you're
not 99% certain you'll be starting it again within a few weeks then instead
of doing whatever you normally do to turn it off just shut the fuel valve
off and let it die.

I've been doing this for years and the stuff I do this on just seems to
work season after season no matter how long it sits.

-Paul

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 2:07 PM Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Guys,
>
> I have a snowblower. It might not get used at all in a winter, it might
> get used ten times. And I have a long driveway, so I don't want to sell it.
>
> I would like to winterize it such that next October if I want to fire it
> up I don't have to do what I did this February and disassemble it in the
> cold to get it to run.
>
> It doesn't have a battery, so this is a gas/carb. issue only.
>
> Is it best to drain most of the gas and let it run until it dies from
> starvation? Would that leave residue on the jets that might varnish? I'm
> hesitant to use Sta-bil--I had a bad experience with that once. Drain the
> gas, take it apart and spray everything with carb cleaner or the like?
>
> This is the first engine I have that might sit for two years straight then
> need to get fired up as quickly as possible, so I'd like to do this right.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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