03-24-2003, 02:43 PM
I have not only been told to do this with an outboard, but also with my old 2 stroke Polaris ATV. The mechanic at the shop I go to said that when I was getting ready to store it for even as little as a month, I should run some stabalized gas through it for about 20 minutes, then shut the fuel off and let it die on its own. He also reccommended draining any remaining fuel in the tank. He did mention that since it is oil injected and not run on a mix that I could get away without doing this a few times, but over the long run it would result in a nasty carb rebuild/replacement. Well the ATV is now over 10 years old and has seen a lot of hard action yet still never fails to fire up even on the coldest mornings.