Consensus on winter storage?

Particularly for older bikes, everyone agrees it's best to drain
the floats? If not practical, at least add stabilizer (Stabil or
such)?

What about the gas tank? Full? Empty? Doesn't necessarily matter?

Don't mean to rekindle old disagreements, etc. Just uncertain what
to do, mostly about the tank.

Thx,
Puddin'

"Take Yo' Hand Out My Pocket (I Ain't Got Nothing What Belongs To You)!"
- Rice Miller, who probably never even _heard_ of GW Bush, Paulson, etc

 

Depends partly on the length of the storage and whether it is inside or out
but.........

Fill the tank. Put in stabilizer. Run it a few minutes. Drain the floats
if you can do it easily.
Make SURE the fuel is shut OFF.

Don't worry; be happy.

(There is no consensus.)

 

The usual. 3-4 months in a garage.

I can/will drain the floats. Given drainage, stabilizer in the tank is
so the stored gas won't crud-up the carbs after storage is over?
Would've guessed it wouldn't be necessary.

To Be Sure!

S'way of life.

P

"Take Yo' Hand Out My Pocket (I Ain't Got Nothing What Belongs To You)!"
- Rice Miller, who probably never even _heard_ of GW Bush, Paulson, etc

 

I followed that theory for near to 30 years, for a 3-4 month storage, where
there were usually one or two riding days somewhere in the middle. Never
had a problem. I believe that would probably still be the case.

I have now joined the crowd. For about $3, I can treat my bike, 2 mowers
and the pickup that gets driven every couple of weeks but might not go
through a tankful in 3 months. Cheap insurance.

 

For what its worth I have quit using stabilizer. It has caused more
problems in my small engines than it ever prevented. I just put in a
cleaner in the first tank of the season and no problems. If your talking
extended storage as in 6 months or more drain all fuel and seal the
tank. KB

 

It MIGHT be worth something......if you would supply some details rather
than the vague and mostly useless statement above.

Just exactly what problems did you have and exactly how did you link those
problems to the stabilizer ??

Some of my stuff has run a little rough on first use in the spring but I
found that paying attention to the concentration recommendation pretty much
eliminated that.....as in RTFM. ;-)

 

I have had it gunk up the small jets in many of my small motors. Not
seen any problems with larger eng stuff. Only does it on the small
stuff that is treated. KB