Hydro lock possibility
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RE: Hydro lock possibility
ORIGINAL: severum17
I fog the car when I put it away. There is no way that I can see to fog the bike while it is running. Lesson learned, I do have Marvel oil and it will be used next year.
MikeM
I fog the car when I put it away. There is no way that I can see to fog the bike while it is running. Lesson learned, I do have Marvel oil and it will be used next year.
MikeM
ORIGINAL: doggiedave
My vote goes to Marvel mystery oil, it also will cut down on varnish deposits
My vote goes to Marvel mystery oil, it also will cut down on varnish deposits
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RE: Hydro lock possibility
I like to fog the cylinders by removing the plugs and spraying it right in, or just add about a t-spoon in each cyl. Then with the plugs out and the trans in 5th or 6th gear, either push it a few feet or just rotate the rear tire just enough to move the pistons through thecyl bore once or twice. You can use a variety of oil's for this, but there are products made specifically for the job.
WD40 is a solvent, and will remove the oil from the cyl walls....as you already found out.
When winterizing a bike that I am 100% sure I will not be using until the Spring, I also like to remove the battery and put it on my charging shelf (I have a small set of shelf's lined with plastic, and a good amount of baking soda at hand with a smart charger with multiple leads on it so I can charge 6 batteries at once if I need to), and run a trickle charge on it once a week or so.
There is also a bunch of other stuff you could do like drain ALL the fuel from the tank and lines.....or just add the proper amount of Sta-Bil to fuel tank. I think draining is a much better method though.....and so on and so on.
I am sure if you search "winterizing motorcycles" you could come up with a boat load ofquality info. It all depends on how long you plan onnot running the bike, andthe level of humidity and cold where the bike will be stored.
WD40 is a solvent, and will remove the oil from the cyl walls....as you already found out.
When winterizing a bike that I am 100% sure I will not be using until the Spring, I also like to remove the battery and put it on my charging shelf (I have a small set of shelf's lined with plastic, and a good amount of baking soda at hand with a smart charger with multiple leads on it so I can charge 6 batteries at once if I need to), and run a trickle charge on it once a week or so.
There is also a bunch of other stuff you could do like drain ALL the fuel from the tank and lines.....or just add the proper amount of Sta-Bil to fuel tank. I think draining is a much better method though.....and so on and so on.
I am sure if you search "winterizing motorcycles" you could come up with a boat load ofquality info. It all depends on how long you plan onnot running the bike, andthe level of humidity and cold where the bike will be stored.
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