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Need help bringing my 2008 S40 back to LIVE
08/20/11 at 08:33:32

I have a 2008 Suzuki S40 but hasn't ridden or even turning it on since fall 2009. Due to my wife's motorcycle brutal accident that time, I stopped riding it ever since. I still had a full tank of gas in it and the battery is dead. It was on until early spring 2010 but dead completely after that and it's been sitting in my garage ever since. Beside getting a new battery, is there any other things I should take care as well? I don't know much about motorcycle but I think I can manage. I appreciate everyone's advise and suggestion

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28651 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Need help bringing my 2008 S40 back to LIVE Reply #1 - 08/20/11 at 08:50:13 Replace battery,... change oil, drain and replace gas, air up tires... Pull spark plug and squirt a teaspoon of oil in the hole... replace the plug. Switch the petcock to prime, and see if it will start... If it don't,... you'll need to take the carb apart and clean all the jets and passages...
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sg208 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 6	Re: Need help bringing my 2008 S40 back to LIVE Reply #2 - 08/20/11 at 09:06:10 right on man, thx for the help. I'll give it a shot.
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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: Need help bringing my 2008 S40 back to LIVE Reply #3 - 08/20/11 at 09:23:57 That's the great thing about these bikes.SIMPLE! So easy a caveman could do it. Sorry,couldn't resist.
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Re: Need help bringing my 2008 S40 back to LIVE
Reply #4 - 08/20/11 at 10:35:05

Serowbot wrote on 08/20/11 at 08:50:13:

Replace battery,... change oil, drain and replace gas, air up tires...
Pull spark plug and squirt a teaspoon of oil in the hole...
replace the plug.
Switch the petcock to prime, and see if it will start...
If it don't,... you'll need to take the carb apart and clean all the jets and passages...

Serow, I appreciate your knowledge, and I usually follow it to the letter. But how can you get a teaspoon to "squirt" oil? (Please, 100 words or less.) Grin

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Reply #5 - 08/20/11 at 10:47:25

Squirt,.. squirt,.. squirt...
(teaspoon is a quantity,... not a delivery method)...
Guess I should'a explained that... Huh

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The object is to re-coat the cylinder walls,... so try get it to the edges...
You can also tilt the bike back and forth... maybe let the starter crank a couple of times to move the oil around...
Wink

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If you don't have a can,... you could always put it in your mouth, and blow it out a straw...
Grin

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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: Need help bringing my 2008 S40 back to LIVE Reply #6 - 08/20/11 at 10:58:33 I have a can. Now, what brand of oil should I use???
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12671 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: Need help bringing my 2008 S40 back to LIVE Reply #7 - 08/20/11 at 11:17:14 Only one oil can bring the dead back to life -- KLOTZ
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RidgeRunner13 Serious Thumper Offline haulin' the groceries! Posts: 649 Mustang Island, Texas Gender:	Re: Need help bringing my 2008 S40 back to LIVE Reply #8 - 08/20/11 at 11:20:54 Marvel Mystery Oil----& put the plug in & spin it over with the plug wire off to distribute it.-----It's even RED like ......What is that oil? If you don't have Marvel, ATF works also.
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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: Need help bringing my 2008 S40 back to LIVE Reply #9 - 08/20/11 at 11:21:13 Just stick the red plastic straw on a WD-40 can down in the spark plug hole, and crank the motor over a few revs while spraying the WD-40 into the cylinder.
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Re: Need help bringing my 2008 S40 back to LIVE
Reply #10 - 08/20/11 at 11:30:13

RidgeRunner13 wrote on 08/20/11 at 11:20:54:

Marvel Mystery Oil----& put the plug in & spin it over with the plug wire off to distribute it.-----It's even RED like Shocked

......What is that oil? Roll Eyes

If you don't have Marvel, ATF works also. Cool

Marvel oil is just kerosene with some benzene, napthene, mineral spirits, dye, and perfume (oil of wintergreen) in it. It's just an old-style solvent.

It was invented nearly a century ago when oil and gas refining was very inconsistent, and there actually was a need for a solvent like this to clean things out.

Its lubricity is poor -- it is not a very good OIL. It will have some degreasing/cleaning effect, but nowhere near as effective as modern cleaners.

It's main advantage is for Turtle Wax,.. the owners of the Marvel company. The stuff is really cheap to make and simply due to tradition, still sells reasonably well.

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28651 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Need help bringing my 2008 S40 back to LIVE Reply #11 - 08/20/11 at 11:34:56 Gyrobob wrote on 08/20/11 at 11:30:13: Marvel oil is just kerosene with some benzene, napthene, mineral spirits, dye, and perfume in it. It's just an old-style solvent. ...but it's so much prettier than Seafoam,... and a cooler name, too... ...
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Re: Need help bringing my 2008 S40 back to LIVE
Reply #12 - 08/20/11 at 11:46:43

Serowbot wrote on 08/20/11 at 11:34:56:

Gyrobob wrote on 08/20/11 at 11:30:13:

Marvel oil is just kerosene with some benzene, napthene, mineral spirits, dye, and perfume (oil of wintergreen) in it. It's just an old-style solvent.

...but it's so much prettier than Seafoam,... and a cooler name, too... Wink

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So when you buy your seafoam, get it at Walmart so you can go to the grocery section and buy some food coloring.

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Need help bringing my 2008 S40 back to LIVE Reply #13 - 08/20/11 at 15:58:08 Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 08/20/11 at 11:17:14: Only one oil can bring the dead back to life -- KLOTZ +1
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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: Need help bringing my 2008 S40 back to LIVE Reply #14 - 08/20/11 at 18:27:51 Hey, hey! I'm sorry I brought up the oil question, even as a joke. In case the owner doesn't know, a little oil in the cylinder helps raise compression as well as offering a little lubrication.
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