What do you do if it won't be ran for awhile? Like a year or more. I drained it all out of mine but maybe that's No Bueno. Maybe I should keep it full and start it frequently?
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What do you do if it won't be ran for awhile? Like a year or more. I drained it all out of mine but maybe that's No Bueno. Maybe I should keep it full and start it frequently?
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Yes keep it full. If it sat that long. Drain all the gas out. Pull the carb and clean and add fresh fuel.Originally Posted by Jd110
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That's pretty much what i do! Run 93 octane and ride! I ride mine all the time, year round!
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I have had my bikes parked for two years with out draining the carbs using AV100LL with MMO at recommended dose. Started right up with old gas.
Addtn: that was 2 stroke premix with klotz techniplate at 32:1. And now that I think about it I probably did add stabil at normal recommended dose.
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I fill the tank and then give it a dose of Star Tron. I was sold on the stuff when I saw 2 Honda elite scooters get pulled out of a shed from cold storage for 2 years. They had new batteries installed and they both started right up old gas and all. I have since been using it for a couple years now with no issues.
here is a link http://www.starbrite.com/item/star-t...ategory_id=587
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Got the holeshot
Fill up with ethanol free gas and cap full of Seafoam.
Fire up the machine, turn off the petcock, and either let it run itself out of gas or use the carb drain screw.
But if you don't ride your ATC in the snow you are missing out big time IMHO. Snow is a 'terrain' after all.
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Idid ride on icy pavement a few years back when the roads were closed down here, what a blast!
I normally ride mine throughout the winter...if not, it gets ridden with non ethanol 91 octane, and run the bowl out of gas when i'm done, top off the tank, left it sitting for months just doing that and it fired right up. Never used any stabilizer
I can't speak on how cold weather affects gas though. A winter week here is like "80 degrees, 22 degrees, 50 degrees, 28 degrees, 84 degrees, so usually i just ride mine on a good day.
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I dump in a generous amount of seafoam and a fuel stabilizer and usually have no problems.
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Got The Holeshot
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I use Sea Foam in all my gas run things (accept my truck...lol) and never have a problem starting any of them come spring time. I just mix it right into the gas cans when i fill them up. I forget what the ratio is supposed to be so i just dump a spray paint cap full into each 5 gallon gas can... seems to work well...lol
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speaking of, i was given an old carb for my Yamaha YTM 225 DXN from a friend and it had this ugly white, chalky coating all over it on the inside. and everything was frozen, the pin for the floats was stuck aloong with the choke plunger and all the jets and screws... stuff was nasty! I had to spray a lot of rusty bolt remover in it to take it all apart. Anyone ever see this type of thing?
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http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=NS
list of ethanol free stations in Canada and US
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Teaching quads a lesson
thats what i was going to say...or just go out and start it once a week or so
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85' ATC310R
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I fill up my 200x with premium non ethenol and vp fuel stabilizer
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