Maybe two stroke oil mixed with fuel prolongs it's life.
We have a little 5HP Tohatsu outboard motor that had not been started for at least 12 years, but it is always stored upright on a bracket on the shed wall. Yesterday I got it down and set it up on a stand, opened the air vent, turned on the fuel, full choke and three pulls and it was running like a clock. It is a very early model that doesn't have a rubber impeller to pump water through so no issues there either. Took it down the river and it ran perfectly.
I expected that the carby would be clogged with fuel that had turned to sludge but not in this case.
Cheers, Mick.
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