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Firstbuell
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2014 - 09:58 pm: | 
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the following idea, from the very last sentence of an intriguing, C&J-framed Buell Blast! tracker recently sold eBay listing:
".....Carb is filled with Marvel mystery oil for storage.
Drain it and add gas until it runs clean and fire it right up......"
so, is this a useful suggestion, snake oil, or.....?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Other-Makes...a896eb12f&it em=251413836079&pt=US_motorcycles |
Harleyelf
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2014 - 10:27 pm: |
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Not quite snake oil but neither is it the latest in techie advice. Marvel Mystery Oil is the farmer's friend for helping tractors run smoother for about the last hundred years.
Seafoam works better. |
Firstbuell
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2014 - 11:42 pm: |
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are you saying that filling a carb with Seafoam is a top-choice carb storage strategy?
does anyone know of any other carb-filling storage techniques ? |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Saturday, January 18, 2014 - 12:48 am: |
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It will work. The model airplane guys have been protecting engines and carbs in storage with MMO forever, myself included. Good stuff. I haven't used it on MC but haven't ever stored one. I've thought about this very thing just haven't needed too. |
Jim2
| | Posted on Saturday, January 18, 2014 - 12:50 am: |
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Don't know why that showed anonymous. It was me. |
Kenny_gilgore
| | Posted on Saturday, January 18, 2014 - 02:17 am: |
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If anyone has a procedure for how to use Marvel Mystery Oil for long term storage it would be very helpful to most of us.
KennyG |
Harleyelf
| | Posted on Saturday, January 18, 2014 - 08:59 am: |
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No, I'm saying that if you fill the carburetor with gas/seafoam and drain it and dry it well you will not have to store a wet carb. |
Rickpxb12scgr
| | Posted on Saturday, January 18, 2014 - 10:51 am: |
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Use to do it ALL the time back in the 70's and 80's for ALL four of my rigs (left the carbs in situ on the bike) that I would put in long term storage annually for seven-eight months out of the year when I deployed to Antarctica. I also mixed a 10/1 ratio of MMO in the fuel tanks which were filled to the brim of the tanks as well as take the plugs out and put a dab in the plug hole then reinserted the plugs.
Upon return from my annual seven/eight months down on the ICE, I would drain both the carbs and fuel tanks, install new plugs, run fresh gas in em, and they would fire right up like nothing ever happened.
I did this for six years straight and it worked just fine.
Hope this helps. |
Kenny_gilgore
| | Posted on Saturday, January 18, 2014 - 11:58 am: |
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Rick,
Thank You Very Much!
Putting the 1 part MMO to 10 parts fuel in the gas tank and filling it to the brim is a really good idea. Ethanol will really rust gas tanks if there is any oxygen present when stored for any length of time.
Back in the day we used kerosene to fill the fuel tank and carb(s) for the long winters in the north east, and then would burn the kerosene in the heater in the garage to work on the bikes in the spring.
Kenny G |
Bluzm2
| | Posted on Sunday, January 19, 2014 - 11:32 am: |
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I'm with Elf, Sea Foam is REALLY good stuff.
I use it in all my motors and have had NO problems over the years. I add it to all gas cans for small engines (mowers, snow blowers, etc.) and during riding season I'll add it to every other gas tank on the bikes, EFI and carbed.
Brad |
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