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Yesterday, 07:12 PM
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Machinist
Joined: Mar 2013
Location: Salt Lake, Utah
Oddometer: 11
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Oil in 4 stroke gas?
K, so I know that you're not supposed to add oil to the gas in a 4 stroke, but I'm looking at a GS850 (see this thread, it's where I picked what bike to buy. http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=892332) and the guy I'm looking to buy it from says that the guy he bought it from had added just a bit of oil to the gas to supposedly fix some problem. Anyone know what problem that might have been besides one between the headphones?
My first guess is that it's because the carbs are too rich, and the oil makes it not burn as fast. I am pretty new so any help would be appreciated.
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Yesterday, 07:39 PM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Sep 2010
Oddometer: 7,194
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There's a guy down in Florida who does that to his C10 Concours to keep the carbs from gumming up. He adds 2oz of TC-W3 to 7.5 gallons of fuel, so it's a very small amount.
As long as you don't have a catalytic converter, a bit of oil in the fuel shouldn't hurt anything. |
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Yesterday, 07:57 PM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jan 2011
Location: Dunedin ,Florida
Oddometer: 1,059
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Sometimes this will quiet down a noisy fuel pump.
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Yesterday, 08:00 PM
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Big Red Bird
Joined: Aug 2007
Location: Lincoln, NE - The Tax me state
Oddometer: 1,710
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Look at: Marvel Mystery Oil.
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Yesterday, 08:46 PM
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