07-20-2017, 04:02 PM
When fuel sits in the carb over a period of time, like during the Winter, it will build up a varnish like substance that will clog the ports over time. As you said there are two trains of thought on this. First,as you mentioned, you could unplug your line going to your motor and let it run out of fuel. Some might disagree because they say it will dry out the seals in the carb but I see no problem with this and know of several members that do that and have never had a problem. Second, leave the fuel line connect and do not run it out of fuel. On some boats, that do not have a plug they can disconnect, they never run their motor out of fuel, so in that case you should run SeaFoam or STA-BIL, so the fuel does not break down and leave that varnish in the ports. There are also other brands you can use but I use SeaFoam in every tank of gas I run through by boat, then put Sta-bil in it, in the Fall, on my last few trips out of the year.
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