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Told him we should just trade for 2 years (tongue in cheek, since his $50k boat sits outside in the rain all year! He doesn't really take care of his stuff. There's about 10 bays of indoor storage on his property and even his brother's boat is under a carport.)
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Dunno yet exactly what toys will be making the trip with us. Boat and SRT Charger are definately staying home.
![]() Sleds are coming for sure and probably the quad, hopefully the old Jeep. Thing is I'm planning for 2 years gone, but it's a possibility that we may be able to get the project complete by mid summer next year and not go through a 2nd winter (job is on the north slope on ice roads during the dead of winter!).
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Double dose of Sta-bil and run it through the system, fog it and call it good.
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I thought stabil no matter what ratio wouldn't push gas life over like 6 months?
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I know about a year unstabiled gas will gum up carbs. I think the stabil may keep the gas from varnishing up for much longer, but after 2 years it might only have like 10 octane left! My sleds and boat (all efi) regularly sit for up to 8 months, stabilized, with no issue, fire right up, ni injector isues, but I'll still be more inclined to drain the tank, but first do what footin said, dose the crap out of it and run it a bit. Then store it with an empty tank but not actually run the fuel injection system out of gas. The car is easy. I can get someone to come over and excercise it periodically no problem.
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Perhaps put a little no ethanol gas in the tank before you run it out. That should help to minimize the varnishing.
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May try to get some fresh no E and use up some left over race gas to get a good mix in 'er before the 2 year nap. What about running it out of gas so the injectors and rail don't sit with stale fuel in them? After all prep work done, fire it up, pull the fuel pump power and let 'er die. Good or bad idea?
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How about just sell it, not take the depreciation expense, and get one of the same year when you get back? Then you don't have the expense or worry of storing it, unless you are attached to it... which I get
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Deprecition wise, have had it for 3 years now and could still sell it for as much or more than I paid for it, got the stereo and a bunch of other work that I'd prefer not to re-do as well. Besides with the low hours on it, and popularity of X2's, I'm guessing/hoping that it will still be worth about the same a couple years from now. I am sort of attached to it, but it's not like it's a classic or appreciating in value. Also have no financial need to get rid of it. So that's kind of 50/50 deal right now. If I sold it, I'd probably just have a bunch of cash in the bank for 2 years and then go spend it on pretty much the same boat.
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I would also disconnect the exhaust hoses from the manifolds and use rubber caps that seal with a hose clamp, rather than a plastic bag- they're cheap and harder for a critter to chew through. LTR? I would get a container of Damp-Rid and place it inside of the flame arrester and cover that well, so damp air can't get into the cylinders and cause corrosion on the areas the fogging oil misses. Why the move- are you going on the lam? |
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