Quote Originally Posted by 12vdc View Post
In my experience with gasoline gensets, its better to leave the fuel than drain the reservoir. Those jets gets clogged more easily when air interacts the metal turning into surface corrosion. If fuel is still in the carb, bottom parts are insulated from air thus there's less tendency to corrode. Just like any engines, warm it up every month or week (if possible) to lubricate/insulate the internal parts. If neglected for long period of time, drain the stale fuel from the reservoir, replace gear oil, clean air filter before trying to start. Check readiness of genset if power outage is anticipated like Typhoons/ rotational brownouts. I also stock spare spark plugs and fuel hose because they are the consumable parts that usually break.

well there's 2 stroke oil covering the parts so i didn't get corrosion. i got a generator like 10yrs ago i only got to use it last year haha. basically i just did what i outlined above and left it inside the box for like 7 years. it started up instantly