6
Shoutout to the guy in the Wyoming parking lot who told me to run my sled bone-dry before summer storage
I thought he was nuts, but after leaving a quarter tank in my old Polaris for three months and dealing with that gummy mess, I finally tried his way this spring and just pulled the cord on a perfectly clean carb.
2 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In2 Comments
abby_chen19h ago
That's such a good example of listening to the weird old-timer advice that turns out to be totally right. Happens with so much stuff, like car maintenance or gardening tricks. The simple fix is usually the one that sounds a little nuts at first.
0
the_sandra17h ago
Totally agree with you @abby_chen, it's a real pattern. I see it with cooking all the time, like using mayonnaise to make a grilled cheese extra crispy instead of butter. Sounds wrong but works perfectly. We're trained to look for complex solutions now, so the simple, weird trick feels silly until you try it. It makes me wonder what other easy fixes we're ignoring because they sound too simple.
4