ericm979
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- Joined
- Nov 25, 2016
- Messages
- 5,357
- Location
- Santa Cruz Mountains CA, Southern OR
- Tractor
- Branson 3725H Deere 5105
If there's a fuel valve, I turn it off and let the engine idle until it's used up the fuel in the carb. With chainsaws I dump the gas into a can, then start the saw and let it idle to run the carb dry. The old gas goes into the lawn mower or log splitter.So how do you run them dry? Siphon the fuel from the tank and then let the carburetor run dry?
OTOH my riding mower is 24 years old and since it does not have a valve, I just let it sit with gas in the carb. Never been a problem. It's also on the original carb. I should probably replace the original fuel line as it's looking kind of moldy on the outside.
Ethanol can cause phase separation in cold weather but it doesn't get that cold in my part of CA.