Originally Posted by
Hanr3
Even if you do run the carb out of fuel, you still have fuel in teh bowl. It is never completely empty unless you drain the fuel bowl.
that is what my mechanic told me years ago . i have a1979 55 hp evinrude and for the lkast 10 years i have not run additives or run the gass out when storing . never set longer than a couple of monts with out runing it .bought it it had ben setting for atleast 5 years . crank and ran great untill i had to replace the fuel pump becouse of a hole in the diafram .
retired and now i will always fish