During winter, what is the best way to store small engine equipment such as a generator?Is it best to have the the tank, lines and carburetor completely dry or should there be treated fuel left in it?Right now, every piece of equipment I own is completely devoid of fuel.Bruce

In my years at the fire dept we ran the carbs dry. Now I treat the fuel with StaBil in off season for my numerous small engines and make sure to run it into the carb.

I run Aviation fuel in all my small engines the last round out with them in the fall,(weed wacker, push mower, leaf blower and garden tractor). In my EU 3000IS all I run is AV Gas. It only gets used once or twice a year. I do not add SeaFoam or StaBil to the AV Gas. I have never had a problem with varnish in the carb, and it smells good too!

Most just get shut off in the real world. I like to use something like Seafoam, Archoil AR6200, etc so I do not have to get the gas out.

I don't know what is " best " but I use Sta bil fuel stabilizer.As an example, I just sold a 20 year old generator that was owned originally by my parents. I acquired it about 10 years ago after my father passed. It would not crank, had old gas in it. I drained the tank, new plug, new gas and got it cranked. Since then been using sta bil in the gas ( same with my boat and other small engines ) and cranking it 2-3 times a year. When I listed it on CL it had not been cranked in several months. Guy called last weekend made an offer and I accepted. He came over and we pulled it out of the back of my storage bin and it cranked with 6-7 pulls.I am convinced Sta bil works. I am sure there are other products like Seafoam that will do the same, but I have not used them. When I buy gas for my small engines I go ahead and put Sta bil in the transport tank. That way I always have " fresh " gas in the storage tank and the engines. Works for me.

use stabil just a tad more than recomened and your good, I live where its cold all my motors get run in the fall and start in the spring. a little sea foam also keeps the gunk cleaned out.

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Gale_Hawkins
Explorer
Nov 22, 2014
Most just get shut off in the real world. I like to use something like Seafoam, Archoil AR6200, etc so I do not have to get the gas out.
mguay
Explorer
Nov 22, 2014
I run Aviation fuel in all my small engines the last round out with them in the fall,(weed wacker, push mower, leaf blower and garden tractor). In my EU 3000IS all I run is AV Gas. It only gets used once or twice a year. I do not add SeaFoam or StaBil to the AV Gas. I have never had a problem with varnish in the carb, and it smells good too!
RJCorazza
Explorer
Nov 22, 2014
In my years at the fire dept we ran the carbs dry. Now I treat the fuel with StaBil in off season for my numerous small engines and make sure to run it into the carb.

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