On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:47:58 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:
They are good for exactly one season (coincides nicely with the length
of the warranty.) After being stored over that first winter, they will
never run right again no matter how well you winterized it. (I have

Just started the 5yr old mantis last weekend. Hadn't been run (or
winterized) since mid-summer 2007. I let the wife do it while I
watched. It kicked on the fourth pull and started on the sixth. We
were using the last of the stale gas mixed up no later than early 2006.
It smelled stale. So did the exhaust from the mantis.

I started my poulan weedeater the week before easter. I can't remember
how many pulls it took, but not many. Also can't remember when I last
used it. Not near enough in 2007.

Anyone have pointers to a cheap 2-cycle engine I can use to replace the
4cycle kohler on my lawn tractor? Needs at least 15hp, 20hp would be
better. Nice not to have to deal with oil changes...

I follow the directions on the can of stabil. It has worked for me for
20 years. I hope they don't change it.

sdb
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