Frozen KZ 1000 engine

dump gas/trans fluid down plug holes .if its stuck that good i think id use the kick starter to try and work it over by hand

MMO or ATF

Plugs out...watch that you don't strip the head.
Pour liberal amount in each jug.

Let her sit a bit.
Put in 2nd or 3rd, get on the saddle, and rock back and forth for 5 minutes. If no go, wait a few hours and try again. If no go, wait a day , add a little more ATF/MMO and try again. Don't give up for at least a week-10 days.

Isn't the point moot. A frozen engine will have to be torn down anyway. There will be serious damage if there is enough water or corrosion in the engine to freeze it so why not just do it the right way with a tear down?

previous owner couldve fried the engine before you got the bike?? Ive got a 1000 engine thats been sitting on a garage floor 12 yrs i just got back and took the plugs out and it kicks over by hand

My engine was sitting for years too and it wasn't stuck. Inside the whole time.

I had a friend that bought a V65 that had been sitting under the eve of a house for six months and it was stuck. They tood a wrench on both sides of the engine and got it unstuck with no ill effects. Roy

TerryK wrote:

Isn't the point moot. A frozen engine will have to be torn down anyway. There will be serious damage if there is enough water or corrosion in the engine to freeze it so why not just do it the right way with a tear down?

Only if it smokes and when you do want to tear it down, it's tough to get jugs off when they're stuck to the pistons. mmmm jugs mmmm

if it doesnt have the power it should compression rings could be stuck, and may break , compression test son.

Good compression, no smoke, regardless, if it's stuck, it's coming apart.