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450atvnut
Blaster class
Joined: 07 Jul 2006
Posts: 150
Location: Townsville QLD
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I'll be away for work for over 6mths. Should I get my wife to start my bike every week to give the engine a run or drain all the oil and fuel and let it sit. If so is there anything else I should be doin?
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Quad
The Day Starts With OZATV !
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 2773
Location: UP FRONT
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| .sit it on a crate and leave it with a sheet over it. |
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Todd 127
The Day Starts With OZATV !
Joined: 12 Feb 2006
Posts: 1267
Location: Hawkesbury
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:33 pm Post subject: Re: Long Term Storage |
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| 450atvnut wrote: | I'll be away for work for over 6mths. Should I get my wife to start my bike every week to give the engine a run or drain all the oil and fuel and let it sit. If so is there anything else I should be doin?
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Sounds like a 6 month holiday, take the quad with you !!!  |
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Country Boy!!
Big Bore, Stroked & Bling +
Joined: 30 Apr 2007
Posts: 324
Location: In the middle of No-where
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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go idea todd haha 
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450atvnut
Blaster class
Joined: 07 Jul 2006
Posts: 150
Location: Townsville QLD
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I wish it was a holiday, would be awesome riding too.  |
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bigjon
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Joined: 17 Feb 2006
Posts: 1279
Location: Dubbo
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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If your @nal like me:
* Clean quad
* Change oil & filter
* Clean & oil air filter
* Remove battery and place on a battery tender/maintainer. I use an Optimate III battery tender which can stay connected to the battery indefinitely. Keeps the battery charged/maintained and will not let it sulphate.
* A few drops of oil down the spark plug hole
* If you have stands place quad on them. If not inflate tyres to ~8psi
* Spray WD40 on everything metal (except disks obviously)
Fuel tank:
I like to fill the tank full with premium and a fuel stabiliser. Turn fuel off and either drain carb or run bike dry. Some people like to drain the tank. Your call. |
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Quad
The Day Starts With OZATV !
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 2773
Location: UP FRONT
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| that too |
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Hulk
Big Bore, Stroked & Bling +
Joined: 16 May 2007
Posts: 432
Location: Sydney
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| If I lived in NT i could have looked after it for you... |
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