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HOW TO STORE POWER EQUIPMENT WITH SEA FOAM

TIPS FOR STORING LAWN EQUIPMENT

Fall is a busy time of year for power equipment. Mowers, weed trimmers, leaf blowers, chainsaws and other small-engine machinery are in heavy service, sometimes right up until the first snowflakes fly. But when the grass stops growing and every last leaf has fallen, yard equipment needs to be made ready for winter storage — a period of unuse that lasts months.

Taking a little time now to properly prepare your power equipment for storage will ensure it operates as it should when you need it again, saving you time and money next year.

PREVENTING PROBLEMS
DURING STORAGE

It’s easy to stow away yard equipment and forget about it until spring, but that’s a big mistake if you want to avoid the frustration of hard starting or poor running engines later.

Clean your machine. At the end of a long season of regular use, yard equipment is often filthy with grass clippings, leaves, wood chips and dirt. Debris can get lodged in even the smallest of openings, including those impacting performance, such as your air cleaner or carburetor. Give your equipment a thorough cleaning — make sure every external part is free of debris.

Service parts and change fluids. Is your air filter dirty? Make sure it’s cleaned or replaced. Check your spark plug and clean or replace that as well, if needed. Also drain and replace the oil. Be sure to follow the manufacturer’s recommendations in your equipment’s service manual.

Replace fuel. Improper fuel storage is the top reason for power equipment that won’t start, starts hard, or runs poorly. Fuel degrades, destabilizes and evaporates over time, leading to the buildup of gum and varnish in fuel lines and carburetors and corrosion in steel fuel tanks. It’s important to drain old fuel entirely, including from your carburetor’s float bowl. Then top off your equipment with fresh gas and fuel treatment to stabilize it during storage. For two-stroke engines, be sure to fill with properly mixed gas.

how to store power equipment

three easy steps

stabilize tank fuel

Add at least 1 oz of Sea Foam per gallon in the tank. For best results, add a higher dosage of Sea Foam to a low tank of fuel to increase the cleaning ratio. Use up to a 3:1 ratio of fuel to Sea Foam.

Run the engine long enough for the treatment to work through the entire fuel system (about 5-10 minutes of idling).

From there, you can either store your equipment with the fuel tank partially empty or full. Sea Foam will stabilize your fuel for up to two years.

fog/lubricate gasoline intakes

With the engine running, insert Sea Foam Spray straw (cut if needed) into intake throat (carburetor) or directly before throttle plate opening (fuel injection).

Spray a series of 3 to 5 bursts, then a final direct stream while shutting off the engine.

lubricate cylinders

After fogging the intake, allow engine to cool and remove spark plugs.

Insert Deep Creep (or Sea Foam Spray) straw, and spray each cylinder cavity.

Before re-inserting spark plugs, crank engine to rotate pistons.

How sea foam motor treatment protects your power equipment during storage

Fuel issues are the #1 cause of engine problems after seasonal storage.

All winter, Sea Foam will work to prevent gum and varnish formation. Fuel evaporation and the buildup of gum and varnish in carburetors and fuel lines can lead to problems like not starting, hard starting, or rough running.

Sea Foam Motor Treatment works to prevent the formation of harmful gum and varnish and adds protective lubricity to the entire fuel system during seasonal storage. Sea Foam also preserves ignition vapors and stabilizes fuel up to two years.

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