"Mark Lloyd" wrote in message
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Do you believe using the petcock is better for the generator than shutting
off the ignition? That's the way I've been shutting mine down.


If you shut off the fuel and let the engine die, it uses the gas out of the
carborator. If the fuel is left in, it can evaporate and leave some 'gunk'
behind. I have had to clean out my generator carborator 3 times in the
past before I started cutting off the fuel and switching to the ethanol free
gas.