Lawn mower starts, but that's all it does.

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"Use stabil to avoid this problem...I think...."

Stabil will but you some time but not that much. Once you're leaving gas sitting for more than a month or three, gas will start to form varnish. Because the fuel passageways are so small on small engines, it takes very little varnish to gum things up. Save a lot of work in the long run and empty the tank if a small engine is going to sit unused (or fire it up for a few minutes each week to keep the gas passages clear).


Thanks for the Seafoam link lafinfil, I'll give it a try!