rxfree

was just wondering if anyone can give me all the details of the best way to store my engine as it won't be going for six months. oil it up? then turn it over? all help appriciated. thanks.

ColinRX7

Dump a bunch of two stroke oil in the intake, spin it around by hand until it's puking out the exhaust.





Donezo.







Worked awesome for me, my motor sat 9 months or something just like that, fired up awesome when I used it again.

banzaitoyota

Fogging Spray is your friend in this situation:

Rob x-7

my car has sat for 6 months as is, 6 months is not that long

j9fd3s

i let one of my gsl-se's sit for a couple years, one of those was in a field, it fired right up and ran like a champ and saw plenty of track days after that....

94touring

Ditto.

Bugscandrift

Someone told me that if you let a rotary sit for too long (from what he said more than a year) the apex seals will go bad and the engine will seize. Is that true?

j9fd3s

its true about 1% of the time, the other 99% of the time you can leave the motor out in the rain for years and it will fire right up and run like a champ

ColinRX7

the apex seals dont go bad, there gets to be a thin layer of rust that locks them to the rotor housing





also the springs get non-moistened from no oil and when they spin around they get stuck in the down position











you know what you could do if you were really worried about it, dump a buttload of two stroke in the intake the day you are going to fire it up, then turn it over













i bet it would run like a champ

rxfree

cheers for the advice, think i'll check some 2 stroke in there just to be safe. i'll smoke out the neighbours at my new house when i get back, ha ha ha. thanks heaps. knowledge IS power!