ORIGINAL: rangerfredbob
the other thing is the mention of emptying the carb of fuel for storage which is the opposite of what you want to do...
While I agree with you completely and always leave the carb wet and never had any trouble doing so, there are a lot of owner's manuals for two stroke gasoline engines which state that you must empty the carb of all fuel if the engine is to set unused for more than a day or two.