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B. Extended Storage

I. Draining Fuel

NOTES

Clean debris from engine before emptying fuel from fuel

tank. See "I. Clean Engine" instructions on page 22.

Afterward, continue reading instructions below.

If you have prepared your fuel for short-term storage it is

NOT necessary to empty fuel that contains stabilizer from

your fuel tank. See "A. Short-Term/Seasonal Storage"

instructions on page 22.

To avoid severe injury or death,

DO NOT pour fuel from engine or

siphon fuel by mouth.

1. To prevent serious injury from fuel fires, empty fuel tank

by running engine until it stops from lack of fuel. DO

NOT attempt to pour fuel from engine.

2. Run the engine while waiting until the remaining fuel is

consumed.

NEVER leave the engine

unattended when it is running and

NEVER run engine in enclosed areas.

3. Begin servicing the cylinder bore. See "II. Oil Cylinder

Bore" instructions.

II. Oil Cylinder Bore

When lubricating cylinder bore, fuel

may spray from spark plug hole. To

prevent serious injury from fuel fires, follow these

instructions:

1. Carefully disconnect spark plug wire and keep it away

from spark plug. See Figure 53. See “G. Avoid Acciden-

tal Starts” instructions on page 2. Afterward, continue

reading instructions below.

• Keep the disconnected spark plug wire

securely away from metal parts where arcing

could occur.

• Carefully attach the spark plug wire to the

grounding post, if provided. See Figure 54.

• Disconnect battery at negative terminal first, if

engine is equipped with an electric starter.

• Turn off all engine switches.

• Remove ignition key, if provided.

2. Remove spark plug.

3. Squirt 1oz. (30ml) of clean engine oil into spark plug

hole.

4. Cover spark plug hole with rag to prevent fuel from

spraying from spark plug hole when engine is started.

NOTES

For engines equipped with recoil starters proceed to Step 5.

For engines equipped with electric starters proceed to Step

5. Grasp starter cord handle:

a. Pull starter cord handle out slowly using a full arm

stroke.

b. Repeat once. (This will distribute oil throughout the

cylinder to prevent corrosion during storage.)

c. Proceed to Step 7.

6. Push starter button or turn ignition switch key to

“START” position. Immediately release starter button or

turn ignition switch key to “OFF” position. (This will dis-

tribute oil throughout the cylinder to prevent corrosion

during storage.)

7. Remove rag from spark plug hole.

8. Install spark plug.

9. Carefully disconnect spark plug wire from grounding

post, if provided. See Figure 54.

10. Carefully re-connect spark plug wire to spark plug.

See Figure 53.

III. Oil

Change oil if NOT changed within the last 3 months. See

"A. Checking and Changing Oil" instructions on page 13.

IV. Battery

See equipment manufacturer’s instructions for proper

battery storage, if present.

WARNING

Figure 53. Disconnecting/Connecting Spark Plug

Figure 54. Typical Grounding Post/Spark Plug Connection

1. Grounding Post Connection

2. Spark Plug Connection

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