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I have a 2-stroke Toro snowblower that I "summerize" by draining the fuel,
and then running 'til it starves. It's restarted on the first or second
pull every time I pull it back out of storage.
-Larry
On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 2:07 PM Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@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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<div dir=3D"ltr">I have a 2-stroke Toro snowblower that I "summerize&q=
uot; by draining the=C2=A0fuel, and then running 'til it starves. It=
9;s restarted on the first or second pull every time I pull it back out of =
storage.<div><br></div><div>-Larry</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote=
"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 2:07 PM Sco=
tt Hall <<a href=3D"mailto:scott.hall.personal@gmail.com"; target=3D"_bla=
nk">scott.hall.personal@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg=
b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Guys,<div><br></div><div>=
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=
.</div><div><br></div><div>I would like to winterize it such that next Octo=
ber 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.</div><div><br></div><div>=
It doesn't have a battery, so this is a gas/carb. issue only.</div><div=
><br></div><div>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 varn=
ish? 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 th=
e like?</div><div><br></div><div>This is the first engine I have that might=
sit for two years straight then need to get fired up as quickly as possibl=
e, so I'd like to do this right.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in adv=
ance.</div></div>
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