How to store auger for summer?

[SFC]

Store in my garage.

[deadeye]

I always put some seafoam in the gas and run it for a while. Then I drain it and run it again till the remaining fuel is gone. So far I haven't had a problem. I have left fuel in it before but it seems like it likes the fresh gas better the next season when I use it.

[FISHINGURU]

Run some racing gas in it.

[Wavey Davey]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's a rubber diaphram that will dry out and possibly crack if you run it dry of fuel. My vote is for stabil in the gas, run it a little while and you're good.

[BartmanMN]

I cover mine with a Lawn bag and zip tie the bottom, just because everything in the garage gets so dirty throughout the Summer and I like my Strikelite looking like new.

[hydro]

I have done the "run it dry" to many, many 2 and 4 stroke engines and have never had an issue with the gaskets or diaphragm "drying up" or cracking. Just put the Jiffy away by mixing some mineral base oil and Stabil in a cup of gas, running it till I can smell the stabilizer, draining it and running it dry.

To all of you out there running at 100:1 ratios with synthetic oil, either fog the motor or add some conventional oil at 24:1 or so and run it before storage, whether you run it dry or not. The thin oil ratios leave the internals without much oil film for protection and they can rust over storage.

[Pary]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y276/phatch99/th_IMG_6620.jpg

Here how much gas i have left over.... How much stabil should i add?

[patsrock]

30 years ago my father in law, who worked small engines his entire life , told me" Run em dry, spray em with fogging oil"

The only time I had a problem, I used Stabil in my riding mower.

My friend at JD said" U used Stabil,didn't u?"

My mistake!

20 year old Jiffy started in 2 pulls this year.

Last year I switched to Amzoil and it saved me three pulls on first start.

Rum em dry, pull the plug , fogging oil, couple pulls, you are done.

[Fredd]

Store full here and start once in a while in the off season. I have run mine dry and had problems starting it as well in the winter (dry diaphragm or other not allowing fuel through??). Most oils have stabilizers in them (check the bottle). I use the strikemaster oil on my old lazer, never a problem.