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  • DeanR
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Jan 2005
    • 1482
    • Finger Lakes NY

    #1

    Engine storage

    What's the correct way to store a locked up engine drained of all fluids so it doesn't turn rusty inside (on the parts bike). I might be going to take it out of the frame. Haven't decided.
    As well as any other mechanical parts etc. that are used to being in oil.
    80 SG
    81 SH in parts
    99 ST1100
    91 ST1100
  • chevy45412001
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Mar 2003
    • 1412
    • Jacksonville Florida

    #2
    locked up?

    first off if it's already locked up why worry about storeage? can't get much worse then it is now...
    1982 XJ 1100
    going strong after 60,000 miles

    The new and not yet improved TRIXY
    now in the stable. 1982 xj11, 18,000miles

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    • Geezer
      XS-XJ Guru
      • May 2003
      • 2985
      • Willamina, Oregon 97229

      #3
      Re: Engine storage

      Do you mean locked up as under lock and key or seized?

      Either way I'd fill the cylinders with automatic tranny fluid and cap them off with a set of old sparkplugs.

      Geezer

      Originally posted by laxdad
      What's the correct way to store a locked up engine drained of all fluids so it doesn't turn rusty inside (on the parts bike). I might be going to take it out of the frame. Haven't decided.
      As well as any other mechanical parts etc. that are used to being in oil.
      Hi my name is Tony and I'm a bikeoholic.

      The old gray biker ain't what he used to be.

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      • DeanR
        XS-XJ Guru
        • Jan 2005
        • 1482
        • Finger Lakes NY

        #4
        I'm being optimistic about its future.
        Crankshaft not turning at present.
        80 SG
        81 SH in parts
        99 ST1100
        91 ST1100

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        • Geezer
          XS-XJ Guru
          • May 2003
          • 2985
          • Willamina, Oregon 97229

          #5
          I've freed up many stuck engines over the years and often it would run fine afterward.

          Anyway, if you do use it for parts, you don't want to make it any harder to tear down. ATF is both a good preservative and penetrant. Odds are the bottom end would still have a good coat of motor oil on everything.

          Geezer
          Hi my name is Tony and I'm a bikeoholic.

          The old gray biker ain't what he used to be.

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          • John
            XS-XJ Super Guru
            • Oct 2003
            • 5117

            #6
            Originally posted by Geezer
            I've freed up many stuck engines over the years and often it would run fine afterward.



            Geezer
            I agree with Geezer on this one. I had my bikes' original engine sitting in my garage for over six years and when I opened it up last year, there was still a good coating of oil on everything. That stuff doesn't dry up from just sitting around, especially in a closed engine.

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            • chevy45412001
              XS-XJ Guru
              • Mar 2003
              • 1412
              • Jacksonville Florida

              #7
              well then

              don't forget to plug carb openings and xshaust oppenings. so other little critters don't nest up in the hotel they want to call home.
              1982 XJ 1100
              going strong after 60,000 miles

              The new and not yet improved TRIXY
              now in the stable. 1982 xj11, 18,000miles

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              • Geezer
                XS-XJ Guru
                • May 2003
                • 2985
                • Willamina, Oregon 97229

                #8
                Good idea, but don't use dry rags to plug the intake and exhaust ports. All they'll do is wick in moisture. Very oily rags would be OK.

                Geezer
                Hi my name is Tony and I'm a bikeoholic.

                The old gray biker ain't what he used to be.

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                • DeanR
                  XS-XJ Guru
                  • Jan 2005
                  • 1482
                  • Finger Lakes NY

                  #9
                  Duct tape!
                  80 SG
                  81 SH in parts
                  99 ST1100
                  91 ST1100

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                  • Geezer
                    XS-XJ Guru
                    • May 2003
                    • 2985
                    • Willamina, Oregon 97229

                    #10
                    Duct tape is OK for short term but for longer storage it wouldn't keep water out.

                    Geezer
                    Hi my name is Tony and I'm a bikeoholic.

                    The old gray biker ain't what he used to be.

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