Opinions are like, well you know what they're like... I did the run dry,
fog and cover on my last lawnmower and it was a briggs stratton and ran
for 14 years with heavy use. In the end it was the handles and deck
that wore out/rusted through, the engine worked to the last day.

Dry gas doesn't protect against deposits caused by the evaporation of
the gasoline while the gum stays behind, he may have meant to use the
Sta-bil product which supposedly preserves gasoline for storage.

Robert

Tom Randy wrote:

On Thu, 26 May 2005 15:48:30 +0000, Robert Chambers wrote:


sounds like the carburettor is gummed up and having issues delivering
fuel to the engine on a continual basis. Unfortunately unless you are
lucky it will require the removal and cleaning of the carb to get it
going in good order again. It is good to run the mower out of fuel
after the last cut of the year. Empty the fuel tank by running it dry
if you can't drain it and spray a fog of WD-40 in there. Clean out any
accumulated grass under the deck and spray that down too to prevent rust.

Good luck.



I had a small engine repair guy tell me never to run it dry, add dry gas
to your gas and that's all there is to it.

I have a 12 year old Craftman rear bagger that I have NEVER ran dry at
seasons end and never changed the oil. I've added some oil when needed,
replaced the spark plug every year, the blade every 2 years and that's
about it.

Tom