| Protect Your investment | | | | 5. Drain gearbox oil and crank case oil. Dispose off |
| After you rake out all the leaves, do not relax. | | | | the oil as per guidelines from municipal authorities for |
| Remember Robert Frost. There are miles to go | | | | disposal of hazardous waste or hand it over to |
| before you sleep and miles (well not exactly) to go | | | | municipal authorities for doing it. NEVER, EVER, dump |
| before your lawn mower is allowed to sleep. Unless | | | | it in sewer or on ground. |
| you do it, your lawn mower might be put to a longer | | | | 6. Remove the spark plug, put lubricating oil (about 50 |
| sleep. It may not wake up when winter goes away, | | | | milliliter) through the opening, and crank up the engine |
| and when you need your lawn mower most. | | | | using the rope, so the piston and crankshaft is |
| The Why Of Lawn Mower Winterizing | | | | lubricated. |
| Gasoline in the carburetor of your lawn mower, does | | | | 7. Ensure that you are wearing hand gloves before |
| not take kindly to lowered temperatures of winter. | | | | you do any of the following activities and take |
| The gasoline gums up and when you try to restart it | | | | safety precautions to avoid any injury to your hands. |
| after the winter, there s no gasoline flow to your | | | | 8. Turn over the engine and clean the undersides of |
| engine and it does not start. You will not be able to | | | | the lawn mower to remove traces of grass, muck |
| do the maintenance by yourself. You will lose time | | | | attached to the blades and clean the working parts |
| and money making the trip to your friendly | | | | of lawn mower. Remove any foreign material lodged |
| neighborhood mechanic. You get all this, for not | | | | between blade and body. |
| following up simple steps of winterizing your lawn | | | | 9. With a small piece of steel wool, clean all the |
| mower. Avoid all this winterize your lawn mower. | | | | underside areas and remove any rest from the |
| The How of Lawn Mower Winterizing | | | | covers and body of the lawn mower. |
| There are some simple steps for winterizing your | | | | 10. Apply protective solution like WD-40 to the |
| lawn mower. You can do it your self without involving | | | | cleaned up surfaces |
| any one else. | | | | 11. If required, remove, sharpen and refit the blade, |
| | | | and turn the lawn mower to its normal position. |
| 1. The first thing to do is to remove the gasoline in | | | | 12. Change the air filter and the oil filter. If it is |
| the tank. This can be done by siphoning the contents | | | | possible to clean the air filter, you can do so, but if it |
| in the in a plastic can. Usually a single gallon container | | | | is made of paper, it must be replaced. The air filters |
| should be sufficient. | | | | and oil filters can also be replaced just before re-using |
| 2. Keep the can tightly closed after decanting | | | | the lawn mower, but it pays to do this while |
| contents of the lawn mower. Place the can in such a | | | | winterizing as you might forget doing so before |
| way that it cannot topple over and spill the content. | | | | starting. |
| 3. If you use the same grade of gasoline in your car, | | | | 13. Fill up the tires with air and wheel it to its resting |
| transfer the content to the car tank, it is much safer | | | | place for winter When spring arrives and the grass is |
| that way, or transfer it to winter heating system if | | | | ready to be cut, fill up the fuel tank with gasoline and |
| that is possible instead of storing gasoline in a can. | | | | start up. Your old faithful lawn mower will purr into |
| 4. Run the engine until the remaining fuel is | | | | motion and you will be ready for your lawn |
| completely consumed and engine stops on its own. | | | | maintenance. It will purr like a contented cat. |