2001 Road King carburator storage question
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2001 Road King carburator storage question
This is my first year storing a Harley with a carburetor. I filled the tank with ethanol free 91 octane fuel the last few tanks and topped it off today and added 1.5 ounces of Stabil 360 stabilizer. My question is, when I put it in the shed for storage and shut the fuel valve off, should I let it run till it empties the carb, or close the valve and let the fuel sit in the bowl ?
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I would close the valve and run the carb dry. Did that with my carbed outboard motors on my boats and never had a problem. My son failed to do that on my boat once and caused me a carb disassembly/cleanout.
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Every I ran the carb dry then 1 time I leave treated fuel in it. Went to start in the spring, bowl flooded like the dickens. Went back to shutoff fuel then run the carb dry.
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This is my first year storing a Harley with a carburetor. I filled the tank with ethanol free 91 octane fuel the last few tanks and topped it off today and added 1.5 ounces of Stabil 360 stabilizer. My question is, when I put it in the shed for storage and shut the fuel valve off, should I let it run till it empties the carb, or close the valve and let the fuel sit in the bowl ?
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