Long term 2 stroke storage

[fordnut79@hotma]

I've got an 86atc250r motor I am going to be storing for 5 or so years. I was just wondering about the effects of long term storage. Specifically rust in the main bearings(will squirting oil in those 2 holes that go to the crank just inside the base gasket help).Also, will storing it without tranny oil kill the clutches and the other bearings, and will the waterpump seals ''dry out'' after time. The motor is stored in my house, but it is high humidity in Nova Scotia near the ocean.
Any opinions,tips. Thanks

[YTZ drew]

I keep my spare engines on a shelf in the basement, in bags to keep the dust off, but not sealed so as to trap moisture. They rest on a cheap $5 rubber boot tray in case one decides to seep any oil, and I spin them over now and then to redistribute oil. Storing the engine in your house should be fine. For what its worth, I read somewhere that conventional 2-cycle oil does a better job than synthetic oil at sticking to surfaces over long periods of sitting. I don't have any first hand experience to prove/disprove that, however. I do use cheap 2-cycle oil to coat the insides of my extra steel tanks on the shelf, seems to keep them from rusting.

[tri again]

I've got an 86atc250r motor I am going to be storing for 5 or so years. I was just wondering about the effects of long term storage. Specifically rust in the main bearings(will squirting oil in those 2 holes that go to the crank just inside the base gasket help).Also, will storing it without tranny oil kill the clutches and the other bearings, and will the waterpump seals ''dry out'' after time. The motor is stored in my house, but it is high humidity in Nova Scotia near the ocean.
Any opinions,tips. Thanks

I just tried marine fogging oil. for gas tanks after I dried them to dust.
Not sure about it yet but the name sure sounds right.

[Tecate250]

Hey Lawarence. Its a messy way but fill the engine with 2 stroke oil and rotate it till oil comes out of exhaust port. As far as 5 years oil in the crank case should be fine. Why are you storeing it for 5 years?

[fordnut79@hotma]

Well its been stored in my house for 2yrs. Worse case scenario another 2 or 3yrs. Just a mint motor I'm hoarding so to speak.

[Tecate250]

Why store it? Cant find a good roller? It is in nice condition. Wish my tecate motors looked that great. I may be able to help you out with a 250r. Buddy says the motors blown.