2 Stroke motor's

[kastmaster]

I have a '76 85 HP Johnson on my boat and I have heard several theories on that practice. I have heard of not doing it just because some parts of the carburetor that are made of rubber need to stay wet, i.e. float bowl, etc. I have never run the gas of my motor just because I don't want to hold up the line at the boat ramp. I have also made it a habit to run Stabil on my big motor all season, I figure it doesn't hurt its efficiency at all, and also a safeguard if I don't use the boat for three weeks or more, which I think would be sacreligious in itself, and so far no trouble on that big motor. On the other hand, I run the gas out of the motor on my smaller motors. I had an 8 HP Yamaha that would give me trouble if I didn't run the gas out after an outing. If I run the gas out, that Yammie would start on the first pull on the next outing. I also run the gas out on my 2 HP Evinrude trolling motor after using it on the water. I wonder what the owner's manual say on this matter. Just curious.

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