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Post by Sunapee on Oct 17, 2008 19:58:15 GMT -5
I'm winterizing my 2 Rucki for the winter for the first time and prefer to drain the entire system of gas. Is there an easy way of draining the tank? I siphoned one down, but still had to drive around the house for 30 minutes or so to totally suck her dry. I can't find a fuel line to disconnect and drain. Also, once the fuel pump starts thumping is it going to be harmed running dry?
I like the tank and carb dry, then oil the cylinder. Any input or thoughts? Thanks for your help
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Post by Kami no Chiizu on Oct 17, 2008 22:55:10 GMT -5
Take off the seat and the floorboard, and you can just lift out the tank, and pull loose the fuel line. Ruckus'll run a few minutes without the gas tank, too.
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Post by Dandy Dan on Oct 18, 2008 0:01:15 GMT -5
Yup Kami knows.....once you've got the floorboard off the gas tank just lifts up and you can yank the fuel line off. I would drain the tank this way and then put it back together and run it dry. This is the best way to do it, because if you just run it out of gas, the tank won't actually be entirely dry.
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Post by Sunapee on Oct 18, 2008 6:20:50 GMT -5
Great!
thanks guys.
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Post by baggot on Oct 20, 2008 15:02:26 GMT -5
Why would you take that all apart? cant you just pull the hose off the fuel filter and drain it from below?
Why a complete drain? There are always days scattered through out winter that call for a nice ride, drained you cant ride. Or you will want to ride really bad and put gas in it... then two days later it will snow again and you will be right back at square 1.
Don"t empty gas tanks get rust in them from condenstaion?
I say put some stabil in it and be done.
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Post by jshizzywizzy on Feb 10, 2009 19:59:01 GMT -5
store the scooter with stabil and a full tank of gas. the tank needs to be as full as possible to prevent rust. use Stabil liberally. while in storage, start the ruckus and let it idle once a week. that's all you need to do. draining the tank is unnecessary overkill, no one really does that.
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