Removing tank for the winter

[alke46]

Hopefully this is being posted in the right forum. I am removing my gas tank for the winter as I want to do some work on it and was wondering if I need to put anything in it like a coating of oil to protect it.

I cleaned and re-lined it a couple of years back so I think it should be OK to let it set empty.

Opinions anybody? Thanks.

Larry

[Spiff]

The GS user manual states that if storing the bike for long then fuel should be drained and a coating/spray of oil should be applied on the inside of the tank
I think it's better to be safe than sorry

[Steve]

The GS user manual states that if storing the bike for long then fuel should be drained and a coating/spray of oil should be applied on the inside of the tank
I think it's better to be safe than sorry

But the Suzuki manual was also assuming that the tank was untreated.

I cleaned and re-lined it a couple of years back so I think it should be OK to let it set empty.

Opinions anybody? Thanks.

.

[tom203]

Hopefully this is being posted in the right forum. I am removing my gas tank for the winter as I want to do some work on it and was wondering if I need to put anything in it like a coating of oil to protect it.

I cleaned and re-lined it a couple of years back so I think it should be OK to let it set empty.

Opinions anybody? Thanks.

Larry

I add a little two stroke oil /gas mixture to tank and slosh it around; in spring, just empty this mixture into your car.

[chuck hahn]

If it has been coated then theres no need to oil it..the coating has sealed the metal from any environmental contacts that would normally cause damage.

[alke46]

If it has been coated then theres no need to oil it..the coating has sealed the meatal from any environmental contacts that would normally cause damage.

Thanks. That's what I thought but just wanted to be sure.

Larry

[chuck hahn]

Just an after thought..you may wanna spary some WD 40 just on the filler neck though..the coating doesnt ususally get into the opening..The coating should have taken care of the interior of the tank just fine. May want to take the gas cap apart and be sure its all clean and relubed too.

[tkent02]

WD-40 eventually makes things rust.

[chuck hahn]

Hows that?? Seeing it is WATER ( moisture ) DISPLACING? swab it with some motor oil then or gun lube.

[tkent02]

I heard this, didn't know if it was true, so I tested it. WD displaces water, but I don't know what else it does. So I sprayed two cylinders of a disassembled GS1000 with WD, left the other two dry. Set them on a concrete floor for about a year. Sure enough, the two cylinders with the WD were rusting, the others were not.

[mvalenti]

the gs has steel sleeves in the aluminum head?

[chuck hahn]

AHHHHH yup. Because aluminum is lighter and disipaites heat faster.. Thus the faster heat disipation cools the air cooled engines much more efficiently.

[chuck hahn]

And just aluminum would last about 2 seconds at best.