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Winter is here, snow is flying,time to put the vette in storage (garage).
It has been suggested that I put a Fuel Stabilizer in the gas tank.
Told to me that the Fuel Stabilizer will help with moisture collecting in the tank during storage.
Any thoughts or Suggestions.....
Winter is here, snow is flying,time to put the vette in storage (garage).
It has been suggested that I put a Fuel Stabilizer in the gas tank.
Told to me that the Fuel Stabilizer will help with moisture collecting in the tank during storage.
Any thoughts or Suggestions.....
Im guessing you either dont have much of a winter or you've never put an engine away for long periods of storage? Fuel Stabilizer serves a few purposes and is pretty much essential for long term storage. 1) It keeps the gas 'fresh'. Yeah, gas can turn to varnish in just a few months. 2) It keeps your carb from getting all gummed up while the car sits.
Heres how you want to do it: Add the red stuff to a full tank of gas (I always add extra) and RUN the car for 5 minutes to be sure it gets spread through the tank and into your Carb. Then park the car in your storage spot, shut it off and dont start it again until spring.
Im guessing you either dont have much of a winter or you've never put an engine away for long periods of storage? Fuel Stabilizer serves a few purposes and is pretty much essential for long term storage. 1) It keeps the gas 'fresh'. Yeah, gas can turn to varnish in just a few months. 2) It keeps your carb from getting all gummed up while the car sits.
Heres how you want to do it: Add the red stuff to a full tank of gas (I always add extra) and RUN the car for 5 minutes to be sure it gets spread through the tank and into your Carb. Then park the car in your storage spot, shut it off and dont start it again until spring.
Okay...thanks Scottd for your advice.
I live in western Pennsylvania where winters can be cold and snowy.
This is the first vehicle I have put in storage for 5-6 months.
What do you think about putting a Gas Dry treatment in the tank when taking out of storage ?.
Mike Ward....I am new to storing vehicles...not sure what you mean.
The picture looks like the gas tank tube that is discolored. Does that mean you did or did not use Fuel Stabilizer ??
Mike Ward....I am new to storing vehicles...not sure what you mean.
The picture looks like the gas tank tube that is discolored. Does that mean you did or did not use Fuel Stabilizer ??
Long story......but what he ment was to look at the lack of corrosion.
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43 years of winter storage and I've never used any additives. Never had an issue. Storing over the winter is not long term storage and requires no heroics. Additives like stabil won't hurt but are unnecessary for short term storage.
43 years of winter storage and I've never used any additives. Never had an issue. Storing over the winter is not long term storage and requires no heroics. Additives like stabil won't hurt but are unnecessary for short term storage.
The key words are "won't hurt". I use it for six-month storage along with 91-octane, non-ethanol fuel. Sorry, Mike, but that is my way for many years.
Winter is here, snow is flying,time to put the vette in storage (garage).
It has been suggested that I put a Fuel Stabilizer in the gas tank.
Told to me that the Fuel Stabilizer will help with moisture collecting in the tank during storage.
Any thoughts or Suggestions.....
I've stored my "65 BB in a barn in eastern PA ( Allentown area) for several winters without any fuel additives or problems.
I have no qualms with a 'won't hurt' point of view. It's the very common 'sky will fall if you don't' perspective.
Yes, no problem. It goes back to the days when I had my 1979 L-82 and stored at home. Each autumn before winter I would carefully remove each spark plug (no easy task with heat shields) and spray each cylinder with fogging-in oil. Then cold crank. And let sit for six months. In spring I had a neighborhood smoke show. It didn't last long and did not attract the smog police. Of course, that procedure was completely not necessary but I did it for years. The Stabil thing these days does no harm for $5.00. I don't even know why we are discussing it.
BTW, 15-25 cm of the white stuff tomorrow. Hope your 1973 is tucked away!
BTW, 15-25 cm of the white stuff tomorrow. Hope your 1973 is tucked away!
Yup. My other summer beater is at the hospital on Hwy 7 having a brain scan, hopefully will make it home for winter's rest before the roads get too messy.
I've been winter storing cars and bikes etc. for over 40 years. Never used Stabil or anything else. Here's the sum total of the damage this has done: This is 2 year old E10. The horror!
2 year-old E10?! It's fuel Mike, not Scotch! Take that poor car for a cruise.
2 year-old E10?! It's fuel Mike, not Scotch! Take that poor car for a cruise.
That's an old pic taken a few years ago when the panic over ethanol first reached a peak. I thought people would be over it by now. Now I think I was wrong. The myths over satan ethanol will be around as long as the ones about leaded fuel and it's getting on for 40 years for those.
That's an old pic taken a few years ago when the panic over ethanol first reached a peak. I thought people would be over it by now. Now I think I was wrong. The myths over satan ethanol will be around as long as the ones about leaded fuel and it's getting on for 40 years for those.
Hi Mike,
Maybe there was a misunderstanding about my post. I was saying that fuel should not be sitting in your tank for two years because you should be driving it (and thus using it)!
Maybe there was a misunderstanding about my post. I was saying that fuel should not be sitting in your tank for two years because you should be driving it (and thus using it)!
I understood. That load of fuel is long gone and now replaced by new(er) sweet, sweet E10 that does a perfect job of absorbing and suspending the tiny amount of water vapour in the air as the car sits in storage.
12-08-2014, 05:13 PM
Fuel Stabilizer
exactly.
