Care and Maintenance of the Garbage Disposal


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My disposer motor, after sitting idle for 8 months in AZ (I’m a ’snowbird’) doesn’t sound good. It was working fine before I closed my residence last March. I poured oil down drain & left it. I covered drain with zip bag half full of water. Did the motor dry out too much? I don’t have any instruction manual for the disposer.