stihlrookie
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Pulled my MS362 out of the storage building yesterday, 3 pulls and it popped, two more and it was running. Let it idle for a minute or two to warm up and then cut 1/3 cord or tamarack. The saw has been sitting since November full of fuel and oil in an unheated building. This is how I have been storing this saw each winter since 2009. I use 92 octane non-ethanol fuel with Stihl Ultra and I little bit of Stabil in the tank before storing. Fuel lines are all in good shape, filter gets replaced each year and I did replace my first spark plug last year. Just wanted to share my experience with storing a saw with fuel in it.