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09-23-2002, 11:46 PM | #1 |
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trucks not going to be driven for a few months, what needs to be done?
sounds like a dumb question but ive been starting my truck once a week while dismantling the front clip. ive now got the radiator core support off so i dont plan on starting it again for another 6 months or so until ive got the front bagged and the engine compartment detailed.
do i need to drain the oil out the engine? anything else i should do? what about the gas in the tank? i have no working gas guage so i have no clue how much is in there. |
09-24-2002, 04:42 AM | #2 |
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if you ever wanna fire it up just pull out the thermostat and stuff the ol garden hose in there
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09-24-2002, 07:51 AM | #3 |
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Your biggest problem is going to be the gasoline if there is any ethanol in it. Get a product like Stabil and treat your gas according to the directions on the bottle.
When the time comes to fire it up again I pull the coil wire and use the starter to spin the engine until the oil pressure comes up. When you have pressure (oil light goes off or pressure guage says something) hook up the coil wire, pour a drop or two of gas in the carb, and start it up. Change the oil and filter and you should be good to go.
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09-24-2002, 08:11 AM | #4 |
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We have been storing cars for years when winter hits and this is what we do for the engines. We run them until the engine and exhaust system are up to temperature and then we pour motor oil in the engine's carburetor while maintaining a fast idle
until smoke starts coming out of the exhaust. Once the smoke starts we dump more oil in and kill the engine. It usually takes 1/2 quart of oil per engine. In the spring when the engine is started it will smoke until the oil is burned out, (including the exhaust system) for 15-20 minutes or longer. The oil coats everything including the inside of the exhaust system. We have done this for a long time and the engines have held up well. There is no problem starting the engines in the spring after sitting for (6) months. Jim |
09-24-2002, 10:37 PM | #5 | |
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09-24-2002, 11:37 PM | #6 |
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Gas does indeed begin to go "stale", break down, gum up after a while. Don't know the chemical reasons for it, it just does. I don't imagine it's real good stuff to be running through your engine.. if it'll even start.. my biggest worry would be it gumming up in your float bowl(s) and blocking jets.
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09-25-2002, 07:46 AM | #7 | |
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How come EVERY marine mechanic says, "Just don't put ethanol in it" when talking about outboard motors? You probably can get by for 6 months but why take the chance on something you care for and would like to keep in good shape? Especially when you can treat a whole tank (20 gallons) of ethanol for $2?!? Make sure after you treat the gas that you run it for a while so you get the treated gas in the carb bowl. That is where you get the problems. Or you could just listen to the corn lobby and leave the crap gas to sit and rust in your carb.
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09-25-2002, 08:50 AM | #8 |
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so I am the corn lobby?? nice. I thought last time it was welfare??? I tell you what how about the next time you want to go hunting on a farmers land you tell him your opinion about corn and about farmers being on welfare!! see how far that will get you.
Sorry to take away from your post but this guy and his liberal agenda against ethanol bugs the heck out of me. I guess he would rather support Iraq. So go ahead and wave you Saddam flag mrein3. I would rather support americans even if you think that it is welfare. I know how much we pay in taxes every year to support people on welfare so I guess it just comes back to us in a different form. I'll tell you another thing. you think it is welfare come on out to our farm/ranch and work the hours I have worked this summer,work with cattle and dirt. Get out from behind your little desk and your ac office. do a hard days work for a year and tell me its welfare. Trust me I ain't complaining about farming or ranching I think that it is good HONEST work but when someone tries to take away from it like he has in the past that bugs me. Back to the question at hand!!! make sure your tires are all inflated and if you have any mice problems put moth balls in your truck!!!!!
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09-25-2002, 09:10 AM | #9 | |
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BTW, the liberal point of view on the ethanol subject is to be for the corporate welfare we pay to the big ethanol producers who pay farmers $2.95/bushel for corn to turn it into ethanol at a cost of $1.50 to $1.90 per gallon to sell to me for $1.39 per gallon at the pump. Every year the American worker bails out the farmer through high taxes. There is no welfare in the latest farm bill. RIGHT! Who is gonna bail my rear end out if I lose my job? Farmers? Not likely. Liberal? WOW!
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09-25-2002, 09:24 AM | #10 |
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hmm. do you own your business?? do you have the government looking over your shoulders telling you what you can and can't do with your land? come pay our farms TAXES for a year then tell me that you bail us out.
And it is the LIBERAL view look at what this states stupid democratic senator is doing by obstructing Bush from going to war with Sadam. I know more republicans that are for this then democrats because the democrats are sitting in their offices. not out in the great outdoors. granted I do know a few democrats in this profession that are democrats. but they work the dairy end of it. maybe I'll argue with ya later right now I am going to go to my welfare job. oh yeah try working 14 hours a day and have someone call that welfare. see how well that fits with you!
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09-25-2002, 09:33 AM | #11 |
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Wow this went from a storage question to an all out farmer vs. city boy war! Hey guys, I hate to butt in but I have say that if not for our farmers we would all be in bad shape! I am a mill worker in the city so I am not biased... We should do all we possibly can to ensure that the farmers do not go under, if that means we as taxpayers have to pay a little more in taxes..so be it. Hell I would rather help out a farmer than pay for another friggin turnpike!!
Come on guys! This is a truck board not a political one? Let's talk trucks and leave this other crap to the politicians.. |
09-25-2002, 09:42 AM | #12 | |
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Hey, I'm from Nebraska, so I'll leave the ethanol issue alone. But, here's some good advice from the Guild of Automotive Restorers.
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09-25-2002, 09:45 AM | #13 |
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You can probably get buy without doing much for six months, but more than that is a different story. I agree with the oil down the carb while running. We have done the for many years. Something has to be done with the gas also. And don't just dump the Stabil in the tank and leave it. You have to run it thru the whole system. That gas will ruin alot of stuff over time. I have thrown away two carbs that were completely ate up. I also had to buy a Honda ATV carb for the same reason. Some idiot parked in and let it set for 2 years as is.
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09-25-2002, 10:01 AM | #14 |
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ok guys, so go buy a gas stabilizer AND pour how much oil down the carb while its running? just enough for the motor to cut out?
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09-25-2002, 01:22 PM | #15 |
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Be careful with dumping oil down the carb. If you pour too much in and it makes it to the cylinder in the liquid state things may break on the compression stroke.
Every fall I winterize my outboard motor with "engine fogging oil". The process on my 1996 Johnson was to put the dog ears on, pull the cowl, start it up, hook the oil to a fitting on the engine and spray away. I haven't had to do it yet but I'm guessing my 2002 Bomb-ba-deer (Evinrude) has the same process. Has anybody tried spraying marine fogging oil in the carb?
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