Using woodstove in garage with sled.

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My father in-law has his new sled in the detached garage (i.e. outdoor temperature). He was going to start the wood stove to work around the garage and melt the snow/ice off his sled as well, but his son said to put the sled outside if he's going to start the woodstove cause condensation will occur in the motor. This is true, but shouldn't it be OK if he uses his sled every couple of days?

What are your thoughts on this?
 
its fine. ur not gonna build up any more water in tehre then itll get from a summer storing it. i know im not working my sled unless i have the heat goin in the garage. use to do with out heat not any more it sucks.
 
It can happen, but there are a variety of other factors that need to be happening. One of which would be moisture in the gas. Naturally occuring condensation will probably not cause you an issue though. Make sure the sled is warmed up really well before you try and move it. And i would deffinately warm it up before it is put back in the cold.
 
Brother in law keeps his sleds in the shop he heats with wood every weekend only..never any condensation that i noticed..........
 
Its fine to do this.

However, condensation does occur if the engine is ran, but not up to operating temps, ie: just running it for a little bit. This little bit of heat warms the cold engine, and the moisture from the cold metal begins to evaporate, but then if that heat is not maintained, it will cool of and the moisture will condense and turn to water, and rust your engine out.
 
as stated above it should be ok if he warms up his sled properly before his next ride. as long as he gets the sled to operating temp on the next ride all the moisture will go out the exh. done this to an et340 that the crank was frozen in ice in the block. once we got the crank to turn by hand we started the sled and went for a 2hr run without shutting it down. had it apart this year for a ring job and there was nothin wrong with the bottom end at all. just changed crank seals for peace of mind while we had it apart is all.
 
Yamahammer485 said:
Its fine to do this.

However, condensation does occur if the engine is ran, but not up to operating temps, ie: just running it for a little bit. This little bit of heat warms the cold engine, and the moisture from the cold metal begins to evaporate, but then if that heat is not maintained, it will cool of and the moisture will condense and turn to water, and rust your engine out.
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VERY TRUE! Extrememly important to warm them up to operating temp before shutting them down, especially if they are going to be sitting for anything longer than a few hours.
 
worse yet, the condensation formed from the burned gas is acid. run at least till your pipes are good and hot.
 
work on the sled with the woodstove on always try to top of the gas and the oil that way theres less empty space in the tanks thus less room for condensation to take place
 
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