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Sitting 300ex
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Posted by: pbarr86

What sort of things should I do to a 300 that has been sitting for a year and a half?

drain gas
change oil and plug

What else?

Posted by: theTman

umm ride it??lol

no but really..try to start it..drain the gas..new oil..check air filter for nests,ummmclena the plug..clean tha carb

Posted by: ReconRider25

to get it running, just get some starting fluid. and make sure theres nothing in the muffler or airbox.

Posted by: 4TraxRider

If the carb wasn't drained properly, I can almost surely say that there is now way it will run correctly without a good carb cleaning. Change the oil, clean and re-oil teh air flter adn take it easy for a little while to make sure nothing is wrong with it.

Posted by: redrunner

Definetly the carb is all varnished up with old gas, take off the bowl and spray it up with some carb cleaner at least. Drain what ever is left in the tank, put some fresh in and slosh it around then drain that. Fill with some nice fresh stuff. Yeah check for debris in the air box.

Posted by: pbarr86

Thanks for the info,

Paul

Posted by: gibson400ex

quote:
Originally posted by theTman
umm ride it??lol

no but really..try to start it..drain the gas..new oil..check air filter for nests,ummmclena the plug..clean tha carb

ditto

Posted by: Aceman

After you clean the carb, drain the oil, etc. you should pour a cup of oil in one of the valve cover holes to oil your cam and rockers so you don't start it dry. When it starts let it idle till it warms up so you get oil circulated all through the engine.