article gives you systematic instructions for making sure that your lawn mower is usable when the spring arrives and you require your lawn mower once again. If you do
take these minor precautions, the left over fuel in carburetor w
make your lawn mower unusable at the end of
ter.
Protect Your investment
After you rake out the leaves, do
relax. Remember Robert Frost.
re are miles to go before you sleep and miles (well
exactly) to go before your lawn mower is
owed to sleep. Unless you do it, your lawn mower might be put to a longer sleep. It may
wake up when
ter goes away, and when you need your lawn mower most.
Why Of Lawn Mower Winterizing
Gaine in the carburetor of your lawn mower, does
take kindly to lowered temperatures of
ter.
ga
ine gums up and when you try to restart it after the
ter, there s no ga
ine flow to your engine and it does
start. You w
be able to do the maintenance by yourself. You w
lose time and money making the trip to your friendly neighborhood mechanic. You get
this, for
follo
g up simple steps of
terizing your lawn mower. Avoid
this
terize your lawn mower.
How of Lawn Mower Winterizing
re are some simple steps for
terizing your lawn mower. You
do it your self without involving any one else.
first thing to do is to remove the ga
ine in the tank. This
be done by siphoning the contents in the in a plastic
. Usu
y a single g
on container should be sufficient.
- Keep the
tightly closed after de
ting contents of the lawn mower. Place the
in such a way that it
topple over and sp
the content.
- If you use the same grade of ga
ine in your car, transfer the content to the car tank, it is much safer that way, or transfer it to
ter heating system if that is possible instead of storing ga
ine in a
.
- Run the engine until the remaining fuel is completely consumed and engine stops on its own.
- Drain gearbox oil and crank case oil. Dispose off the oil as per guidelines from municipal authorities for disposal of hazardous waste or hand it over to municipal authorities for doing it. NEVER, EVER, dump it in sewer or on ground.
- Remove the spark plug, put lubricating oil (about 50 m
iliter) through the opening, and crank up the engine using the rope, so the piston and crankshaft is lubricated.
- Ensure that you are wearing hand gloves before you do any of the follo
g activities and take safety precautions to avoid any injury to your hands.
- Turn over the engine and clean the undersides of the lawn mower to remove traces of grass, muck attached to the blades and clean the working parts of lawn mower. Remove any foreign material lodged between blade and body.
- With a sm
piece of steel wool, clean
the underside areas and remove any rest from the covers and body of the lawn mower.
- Apply protective
ution like WD-40 to the cleaned up surfaces
- If required, remove, sharpen and refit the blade, and turn the lawn mower to its normal position.
- Change the air filter and the oil filter. If it is possible to clean the air filter, you
do so, but if it is made of paper, it must be replaced.
air filters and oil filters
also be replaced just before re-using the lawn mower, but it pays to do this while
terizing as you might forget doing so before starting.
- F
up the tires with air and wheel it to its resting place for
ter
When spring arrives and the grass is ready to be cut, f up the fuel tank with ga
ine and start up. Your old faithful lawn mower w
purr into motion and you w
be ready for your lawn maintenance. It w
purr like a contented cat.
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