I feel sorry for you guys "up north". I store my engines on my planes, 'cause here in "Dixie" we fly all year long. The coldest days we ever get are maybe in the mid-40's, very seldom gets colder than that. And on the cold days the air is so much denser, the planes fly so well, we actually look forward to it.

If I happen to have an engine that I'm putting away for a period of time, I usually run it dry first. After removing all the fuel from the tank, I connect the glow igntor, start the engine, and let it run until it quits. I think the nitro in the fuel has a corrosive effect if left in an engine, so I like to get it out. Then put a little after-run oil, or better yet Marvel Mystery Oil, in the carb and rotate the engine several times to spread it around.

It's my opinion that a lot of damage that is done to engines that have been stored is done not when it's stored, but when it is started again after storage. Oil it good again before you try to run it for the first time in the spring, so you don't start it up with the bearings dry.

David