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Winterizing or longterm storage?

Discussion in 'Chainsaws and Power Equipment' started by Marshel54, Oct 21, 2017.

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  1. RCBS

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    Seen a ton of crudded up carburetors. Power equipment typically used 1-3 times per year. I'm a run it dry kind of fella. Barring that, I use seafoam and have used the startron? stabilizer in the past. It's not a question of If with egas, but When, in my experience. I will add that non corn gas will also sour eventually.
     
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    Plucked from Stihl's website:

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    You could get outboard fogging oil if your planning to put them up for a long time!
     
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    That's for keeping the engine internals from rusting during storage
     
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    Yep. There is very few metals on a saw that would rust externally. Screws maybe?
     
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