Got a winter storage Question!

[BigLew]

OK, so this isn't from a boater, but my brother and how he should store his generator for the summer months - he lives in Alabama. I live in New England.

Anyway the storage regimen question came up and I thought it might apply to boats as well, so here goes.

We all know about the ethanol in gas and how it will build up crud if left over time. I personally removed this vaseline like crud from the pick-up in the float chamber of my lawn mower with a putty knife this spring - rinsed the pickup and jet out with thinner and used an air compressor to blow it all out. The mower runs great now, thank you.

The question is: should he store the motor with fuel in the float chamber or empty/dry and hope the residual gas doesn't turn to a varnish like crud during storage? Any thoughts will be appreciated!!!!