Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
Originally Posted By: pbm
Two years ago I purchased a new Husqvarna HU 700L mower with the Honda GV160....For the second season in a row I'm having a hard time getting it to run despite properly storing it last season.
I never had this problem with my old B&S.
How are you storing it? Honestly, I had more trouble with small engines when I tried to store them "right". But for the past 10 years, I simply leave treated/stabilized fuel in them year-round, keep them topped-up at all times, and that's how they live. The fuel hoses on both of mine are still soft and supple (and original) and they both start with one rip of the rope. I've never cleaned the carburetor on either.
I think storing them dry actually promotes varnish in the system, because you can never get ALL of the fuel out. Storing them wet has certainly worked best for me.
This is how I've been doing it for the past three years now and have never had a problem either. Even my string trimmer started up on the first pull this past weekend after sitting since this past fall, all I did was add stabil to the fuel of all my stuff, run everything for about 5mins., shut them off, pull the plugs, fog the cylinders, and put the plugs back in.
Originally Posted By: pbm
Two years ago I purchased a new Husqvarna HU 700L mower with the Honda GV160....For the second season in a row I'm having a hard time getting it to run despite properly storing it last season.
I never had this problem with my old B&S.
How are you storing it? Honestly, I had more trouble with small engines when I tried to store them "right". But for the past 10 years, I simply leave treated/stabilized fuel in them year-round, keep them topped-up at all times, and that's how they live. The fuel hoses on both of mine are still soft and supple (and original) and they both start with one rip of the rope. I've never cleaned the carburetor on either.
I think storing them dry actually promotes varnish in the system, because you can never get ALL of the fuel out. Storing them wet has certainly worked best for me.
This is how I've been doing it for the past three years now and have never had a problem either. Even my string trimmer started up on the first pull this past weekend after sitting since this past fall, all I did was add stabil to the fuel of all my stuff, run everything for about 5mins., shut them off, pull the plugs, fog the cylinders, and put the plugs back in.