Lawn Mower Repair

[fpartri497]

Originally Posted by Slickcraft

I always run the small engines dry of gas prior to winter storage. Lawn mower, trimmer, chain saws and pressure washer. Fresh gas in the spring and they start right up.

Just a matter of planning on having an almost empty tank after the last use. Then let it run till dry.

problem with running dry Is the seals and gaskets will dry out and possibly leak later

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by fpartri497

problem with running dry Is the seals and gaskets will dry out and possibly leak later

Been doing this for 40 years, not a problem yet. Not with the same lawn mower of course.

[jmen24]

Originally Posted by Slickcraft

Been doing this for 40 years, not a problem yet.

Been 8 years for me on just one of my pieces of equipment and it fired up for the first time this season on the first pull last night. This has been standard procedure, from when I managed a landscaping crew with commercial equipment to my current personal equipment that is also commercial. I wouldn't handle it any other way!

The only thing I don't do this with is my motorcycle, but that is fuel injected and the last tank gets run as low as possible, while being heavily treated.

[Happy Gourmand]

Cate, I have a lawn mower that's acting up. We're in Meredith. Do you make house calls?

[beaner]

Originally Posted by The Phantom Gourmand

Cate, I have a lawn mower that's acting up. We're in Meredith. Do you make house calls?

[VitaBene]

Originally Posted by jmen24

Been 8 years for me on just one of my pieces of equipment and it fired up for the first time this season on the first pull last night. This has been standard procedure, from when I managed a landscaping crew with commercial equipment to my current personal equipment that is also commercial. I wouldn't handle it any other way!

The only thing I don't do this with is my motorcycle, but that is fuel injected and the last tank gets run as low as possible, while being heavily treated.

I have been too, but when speaking with Mark Richter, he noted that now he is finding that when the ethanol dries, it dries out the seals as well, making them brittle.

He recommended draining the tank and putting some of the new non-ethanol fuel (aviation fuel works too) that many of the equipment makers produce into the tank and running it to get it into the carb.