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IX. Storing Your Engine

A. Short-Term/Seasonal Storage

I. Clean Engine

Before servicing the engine remove the air cleaner cover

and/or blower housing. Discard grass clippings, dirt and

debris from the following areas:

• Cooling Fins

• Air Intake Screen

• Levers

• Linkage

• Guards

• Carburetor

• Head

Removing debris will insure adequate cooling, correct

engine speed and reduce the risk of fire.

II. Fuel Storage

NEVER store engine with fuel in fuel

tank inside a building with potential

sources of ignition such as hot water and space heaters,

clothes dryers, electric motors, etc. Failure to do so may

result in an explosion and result in death or serious injury.

NOTES

If engine fuel stored in the gas tank and/or an approved gas

container is to be unused without gasoline stabilizer for

more than 15-30 days, prepare it for short-term/seasonal

storage. See "IV. Fuel Treatment" instructions.

If engine fuel is to be stored for more than one season,

without gasoline stabilizer, it will gradually deteriorate. Also,

if it is stored in the engine’s gas tank without gasoline

stabilizer it is likely that your carburetor will have gum

deposits, a clogged fuel system and will void your warranty.

Prepare the fuel for extended storage. See "B. Extended

Storage" instructions on page 23. Afterward, continue

reading instructions below.

If you operate the engine during all 4 seasons, it is NOT

necessary to lubricate the cylinder bore.

III. Fuel System

To avoid stale gas and carburetor problems, treat the fuel

system in the following method below:

NOTES

Tecumseh recommends using ULTRA-FRESH™ or Fuel

Saver Plus Gasoline Stabilizer plus Fuel System Cleaner as

an acceptable method of minimizing formation of fuel gum

deposits during storage. This product is available from your

Authorized Tecumseh Servicing Dealer.

Always follow mix ratio found on stabilizer container. Failure

to do so may result in equipment damage.

It is NOT necessary to empty stabilized gas from fuel tank.

IV. Fuel Treatment

1. Add fuel stabilizer according to manufacturer’s

instructions.

2. Run engine at least 10 minutes after adding stabilizer

to allow it to reach carburetor.

NEVER store the engine with fuel in

the fuel tank inside a building with

potential sources of ignition such as hot water and space

heaters, clothes dryers, electric motors, etc.

NOTE

Instead of using a fuel preservative/stabilizer, you can

empty the fuel tank as described under "I. Draining Fuel"

instructions on page 23. See "B. Extended Storage"

instructions on page 23.

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