I just bought a toro lawnmower. Before I store it in the shed for the winter, should I dump oil and gas? Help?

Answer 1

you don't have to empty the oil and gas. just buy a bottle of STABIL, pour some in the tank and run it a short time. it'll be good for the winter.

Answer 2

I strongly suggest you remove as much gas as possible and then run the mower until it is completely out of gas. I owned a landscape/yard Business for 10 years, and never had a problem with my mowers or weed eaters by following that simple rule. The oil can remain, as long as it is clean, although I took the opportunity to change the oil, replace filters and plugs before storing them for winter.

Answer 3

Use stabilizer. I have owned a lawn company before and this is what we did every year. Never had any problems. I like using my lawnmower to pick up leaves so keep using my mower late into the fall/winter.

Answer 4

It is recommended to put a stabilizer into the gas tank & not to touch the oil.

We run mower over chopping leaves for mulch, etc.. until it is very low on gas prior to storage. In spring, we change the oil and add fresh gas into tank.

Answer 5

It is good to change the oil before you store the mower. There are acids and contaminates in the oil. So put in clean oil and stabilizer in the gas.

Answer 6

if your just planning on keeping it stored for the winter, dont even bother. for one, you dont need to change your mowers oil that much anyway. only when it turns a dark black color. secondly, i prodbly wont hurt to empty the gas, but you'd be all right if you left it in there. gas takes a few years to go bad.

Answer 7

Leave the oil in it and put stabilizer in the gas tank.

Answer 8

Everyone seems to recommend that, but I've never done it and my mowers always seemed to run o.k. in the spring. Gasoline manufacturers put so many additives in the gas that it may be best to run it dry before putting it in storage, however, now days. Good luck.