starting phazer in the summer

[yamadoo]

Thanks Gade thrasher, you worded that well. I would have rambled and only those who knew the physics already would get it

Yamadoo

 

[no4smoke]

You're forgetting one thing though ... Even if you let your engine run long enough to come up to temperature and burn off the moisture, you will still get moisure back into the engine after it cools down.

The reason why is simply physics. When you shut the engine down, the engine, and the air left inside it is hot and has a slightly higher pressure than the outside air.

As the air inside the engine cools off the internal pressure reduces, creating a vacuum effect ... which therefore sucks in the outside air. This same thing happens in the winter months when you are using the sled. However, the summer months have much more humid air ... therefore sucking in moisture as the engine cools down ... and potentially defeating the purpose of running the engine in the first place.

You can demonstrate this by putting a balloon that is at room temperature in a freezer ... you will see the balloon decrease in size when it cools down.

Is this a big deal ....? ... probably not, but I thought I should at least mention it.

L8R ...

 

[rfabro]

Well, which is the lesser of the two evils?

 

[BlkNytro]

Started the nytro yesterday. It toke 3 trys to get it started, but no biggy. Drove it out of the garage and cleaned it. TIME FOR THE WAX!

 

[mikeb]

Summer Starting

I don’t start my sled in the summer or bike in the winter because of the water thing. Also, my bike will usually foul a plug when I start it and don’t ride it. Gets it gets pissed ...........

I do use a battery maintainer, fog the cylinders and put it up full of gas and with clean oil.

My sled is almost always hard to start after setting. If I remove the breather and give it a quick spray of starting fluid it will fire right off. Saves the battery and starter.

Most likely nothing will happen either way.

 

[rfabro]

Well, finally, there's an answer! That's what I was thinking. Short of the full fogging treatment, either starting it or not both are not so good.

Summer is bad for sleds!

 

[AKrider]

You know, I think we all obesess way too much about storing sleds? I've bought or have been given many used pieces of sh!t for projects or parts that never recieved any TLC and sat outside for years in the weather and didn't sieze up. For the most art, I think that as long as you don't store your sled underneath the eve of your house where water drips on it, you will be fine. I mean, how many people even give a second thought as to how they store their lawnmower or weedwacker?

 

[rfabro]

I agree. Start it or don't start it. It doesn't matter. Water vapor is going to get in the oil either way. As temperatures go up and down, air goes in and out of the breather all summer long.