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Post by sailracer on Nov 14, 2013 8:44:45 GMT -5
In my own HUMBLE OPINION< you guys are making WAAAY too big a deal out of leaving an engine idle for 4 months or 120 DAYS .we're not talking 120 months or 10 years here. Just put in some fuel stabilizer, and forget it till spring. Nothing bad will happen.
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Post by rockynv on Nov 14, 2013 9:07:38 GMT -5
In my own HUMBLE OPINION< you guys are making WAAAY too big a deal out of leaving an engine idle for 4 months or 120 DAYS .we're not talking 120 months or 10 years here. Just put in some fuel stabilizer, and forget it till spring. Nothing bad will happen. Sorry but experience dictates that only works for some of the people some of the time. You need to put the stabilizer in and ride around a bit so the entire fuel system get treated including the carb bowl to have a more reliable treatment. Even with a fuel stabilizer 120 days may be stretching it in some climates if you do not start it up every week or 2. If you do go with just the stabilizer be sure you start out with fresh gas from a reputable gas station and not some out of the way no namer that sends trucks around to drain the old gas that has collected in the bottom of the storage depots tanks that the major suppliers won't sell or gas that has been sitting in a can out in your shed for a while. |
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Post by sailracer on Nov 14, 2013 16:34:11 GMT -5
In my own HUMBLE OPINION< you guys are making WAAAY too big a deal out of leaving an engine idle for 4 months or 120 DAYS .we're not talking 120 months or 10 years here. Just put in some fuel stabilizer, and forget it till spring. Nothing bad will happen. Sorry but experience dictates that only works for some of the people some of the time. You need to put the stabilizer in and ride around a bit so the entire fuel system get treated including the carb bowl to have a more reliable treatment. Even with a fuel stabilizer 120 days may be stretching it in some climates if you do not start it up every week or 2. If you do go with just the stabilizer be sure you start out with fresh gas from a reputable gas station and not some out of the way no namer that sends trucks around to drain the old gas that has collected in the bottom of the storage depots tanks that the major suppliers won't sell or gas that has been sitting in a can out in your shed for a while. Agreed. Put in good gasoline, sta-bil, run it for a few miles, and store the battery indoors. Always worked for me, and mine was outside(covered) through a few blizzards. Never had any problems running it when springtime came. And I rode that one for 7 seasons and 16,000 miles. |
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Post by krylon80 on Nov 14, 2013 18:58:36 GMT -5
Man, look what I started?! lol. Seriously though, thanks for all the input.
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Post by shalomdawg on Nov 15, 2013 0:17:42 GMT -5
howdy, well since i'm here-----actually I ride mine occasionally through the winter. where I was in Washington it was desert so not much snow just brrrr sometimes so I rode the scoot a couple times a month on the warm days. that is one reason I would not favor the drain it and let it sit for the winter cause there are lone days through the winter where if you can resist the urge to ride, you're a better man than I. if everything is drained and the battery out , how do you get it all together to ride when it gets warm on those occasional days? secondly on the issue of seals, I don't worry about the engine seals for the most part, it is the rear end seals and bearing seals on the axle that I worry about as much. that is from experience with cars and pick-ups so may be a silly worry on a scooter. when you leave a pick-up or truck sit, the axle seal will stick to the axle and rip the first time you use it after ward. by the way on those vehicles the brake slave cylinders can also dry out and begin to leak when used after a long sit. anyway , for what it is worth.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by alleyoop on Nov 15, 2013 0:43:08 GMT -5
Man, look what I started?! lol. Seriously though, thanks for all the input. Please don't ask about OIL that also will go into pages and get like this one  Alleyoop |
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Post by rockynv on Nov 15, 2013 8:04:44 GMT -5
Sorry but experience dictates that only works for some of the people some of the time. You need to put the stabilizer in and ride around a bit so the entire fuel system get treated including the carb bowl to have a more reliable treatment. Even with a fuel stabilizer 120 days may be stretching it in some climates if you do not start it up every week or 2. If you do go with just the stabilizer be sure you start out with fresh gas from a reputable gas station and not some out of the way no namer that sends trucks around to drain the old gas that has collected in the bottom of the storage depots tanks that the major suppliers won't sell or gas that has been sitting in a can out in your shed for a while. Agreed. Put in good gasoline, sta-bil, run it for a few miles, and store the battery indoors. Always worked for me, and mine was outside(covered) through a few blizzards. Never had any problems running it when springtime came. And I rode that one for 7 seasons and 16,000 miles. What ever method you use you have to do it right to lower the risks to an acceptable level but you still have to be willing to accept or be comfortable with the risks associated with it doing that particlular way. Its all compromises and you have to find the ones that work for you. |
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