04silverZ06

I was thinking of spreading some of these bags throughout the interior of the vette for winter storage to help with humidity control. I'm thinking and hoping it may help the electronics among other things.

Anyone else do this? Is it worth it?

infernobuster

Never heard of it being done before.

I just put about a dozen dryer sheets throughout the car, and throw a box of mothballs around the car, put on the cover and countdown till April.

dankhts

Yeah it works a bit, use tons of it and other stuff in my boat when it's shrink wrapped for the winter....your car isn't sealed air tight though...

Airwilf

No,just a car cover & a battery tender.

Airwilf

Oil changed just before storage, with fresh fuel & fuel stabilizer.I don't see it until March 31st.
My storage is running late this year (mid December vs mid November).Plan B is to look for storage in Oakville to Niagara Region area,(just in case)unheated ok,just need power for the battery tender.Let me know if you know of anything.Thx.

Red Devil

I purchased 4lbs of the purple silica gel from Amazon.ca, I place it in the tin foil pie shells. I put a total of 3 in the car, the problem is they turn pink (moisture filled) fairly quickly so then you have to put them in the oven for 3 hours to dry them out, not worth the headache.

Airwilf

Apocolipse

Baking soda.

DIPPOLD

I have been using the desiccant bags for about 12 years now, first in my 71 and now in my 2011. They suck up any moisture. Bags go in the car, stabilizer in the fuel before filling it up and change the oil, top up each tire to 35lbs and have a general look under the car for anything strange. Drive it over to the storage place, disconnect the battery, cover it and say goodbye. See it in the spring.

Stickshiftsteve

I can understand baking soda - but moth *****...?
How must that smell for the first few days or weeks in the Spring...

infernobuster

Ummmm they arent placed in the car....

They are on the ground which the smell keeps the lil buggers away from your car and onto the next one.

Stickshiftsteve

Lol - now that makes sense. But I haven't stored mine in years & never thought of an outside threat. Lil buggers, hmmm?

1500cc

It's better to change the oil before storage. Old oil is more likely to be acidic and have gunk settle out. Fresh oil won't go bad over the winter sitting in the crankcase so you're still good to go in the spring.

And it's generally recommended that if you're not going to run it long enough to bring it up to operating temperature (to burn off all the moisture), you're better off just not starting it for the duration of storage.

For fuel it's best to keep the tank full to avoid airspace that will lead to condensation from the temperature swings. Fuel stabilizer isn't a bad idea, but IMO modern fuels are good enough to last a few months without going 'bad'.

Apocolipse

Just empty it out of the oil pan then and pour new stuff in when spring gets there. no point having it sit in the crankcase all winter.

1500cc

I'd be way too paranoid that someone might grab the keys and try to start it.

Really, there's harm in putting new oil in just before storage. It won't deteriorate. At worst it'll pick up a little bit of condensation which will burn off on the first good run in the new season.

walleyejack

diconnect the battery or take it out.

1500cc

Isn't it easier to just pour in the new oil after the old stuff is drained? You're gonna have to do it anyway. I don't get the fear of having fresh oil sit in the crankcase over the winter.

Patman

I really don't do very much before I put my car away for the winter, I make sure the tank is full or close to full, I hook up a batter tender, and I make sure the tires are all at about 40psi. I don't bother with a car cover, as I really don't see the point. A little dust isn't going to hurt it, and I'll often go into the garage and wipe it down with detailing spray anyhow.

I'm not too worried about the oil, in my case right now I last did an oil change in October 2013, but since I only have 58% on the oil life monitor and less than 8000km, I decided not to change it. I'm gonna keep running the same oil next year and wait for the oil life monitor to get down closer to zero before changing it out. As usual I will get an oil analysis done and I'm confident it will show that I did the right thing.

Apocolipse

If you run synthetic it doesn't matter sitting in the crankcase, if you run regular oil it will deteriorate over time.

1500cc

Do you think it's okay to go strictly by the oil life monitor? I change my oil once a year, even though the oil monitor shows tonnes of life left. I know the manual says to not go longer than 1 year, but both my cars are out of warranty so I guess the only real consideration is if the oil's okay to keep going.