Long term saw storage

[JonnyHart]

I tried the search engine and didn't find anything for this. I'm deploying to iraq for 18 months, and I gotta do some training at Ft. McCoy, Wisconsin, so my saws won't be run for about 2 years. Can I just run them out of gas, throw them on a shelf, and hope for the best, or are there other steps I can take to make sure they still run when I get home. Just a couple small Echos. Thanx for any advice.

 

[Lawn Masters]

Just run em dry, then put some oil in the carb to keep the gaskets and diaphraghm from drying out.

 

[Lobo]

Hi JH,

here is an article from Stihl on the subject but it applies tyo any brand of saw and pretty well any Outdoor Power Equipment.

http://www.stihlusa.com/knowhow/knowhow_outdoorpower.html

Your being deployed for 18 months, I guess that means that USA is committed there for another 24 months anyways.

May god bless and protect you & yours.

 

[JonnyHart]

Thank you. I can't confirm that we'll stay the whole 18 months, but thats what my orders say. Thank you for the link.

 

[keith c raymond]

Good luck, JH, I know somewhat of what you are experiencing. Keep your powder dry and your head down.

 

[clearance]

Even if you run the saw dry some gas is still left in the carb. The link could say use some gas with a stabilizer in it but Oldsaw has a good idea about the oil in the carb too. Good luck&take care of yourself

 

[Lawn Masters]

I think I got the idea for the oil in the carb from Lewis Brander. pretty smart, since rubber has oil in it to begin with, and oil wont dissolve it nor dry it out.

 

[Dadatwins]

Another idea I got on this forum was a product called fogging oil, sprayed into the carb intake and the spark plug hole. A tip to remember when running a saw dry is to not rev it up without fuel in tank, just let it die out at idle after you drain the tank. Drain out the chain oil, as much as possible. After the fluids and oil are drained leave the caps slightly loose to prevent any moisture buildup. Good luck on your deployment.

 

[Al Smith]

Good luck,with your deployment.Keep your ears and eyes open,your head down.Try that misting oil.Don't store them on a concrete floor.Aluminum is a sacrificing metal,and will try to become part of the concrete.Take the bars and chains off.This should cut down,a little,the effects of electrolysis,from dissimilar metals.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Good point, Al.

 

[woodshop]

al knows metals

 

[Lewis Brander]

Oil in Carb:

Hello to all. Oldsaw-addict, I don't put oil in the carb itself. What I was referring to was getting oil into the crankcase by putting some oil through the carb, to be drawn past the reedvalves as the saw was cranked over by hand, so that the brgs and seals were well lubricated. The only oil that gets inside the carb itself is from the fuel. I run a 32/1 mix of MX2T with Fuel stabil added to it and for storage I just idle the saw dry of fuel , set the choke and crank her over to get as much fuel out ot the carb as possible. I would imagine that a person could take and disconnect the fuel line to the carb and spray some WD-40 into the carb passage ways. I've stored saws for over a year, just by running them dry and making sure the crankcase and upper cylinder areas are well coated with oil and store in a dry well ventilated area. on a shelf. I've seen oil (jell up, get thick) in the oil tanks of some of these old saws, so wouldn't think I'd want to put oil inside a carb itself, maybe a spray of WD-40. OK, talk later. Lewis Brander.

 

[JonnyHart]

al knows metals

I noticed. Thank you for all replies, I'll try to drop a line here every now and then if possible, I'm gonna be in a combat support hospital, so I will likely have better access to a computer than many others serving there. I don't leave untill march 18 so I'll be around till then. Run em out of gas without revving, store off concrete, take off bar and chain. Roger.

 

[sawjo]

When I store 2cycle engines, I add a couple of squirts or a soda straw full of 2 cycle oil thru the spark plug hole and turn engine to distribute then leave the motor at TDC to leave as little of the cylinder wall exposed to air.

 

[fishhuntcutwood]

I can't add any advice to what's been given here, but I'd be remiss if I didn't wish you good luck over there and a speedy return. If you see a little orange helicopter that says "U.S. Coast Guard" flying around over there, give 'em a wave. That's my airframe, and those guys are friends of mine. We do deply over there, beleive it or not, though all of my deployments have been Bering Sea trips when I was in Kodiak.

Come back safe.

Take care all,
Jeff