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Fuel Stabilizer
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Fuel Stabilizer
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.....
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.....
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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.....
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.....
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.
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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.
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.
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 ?.
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Some reading, if you haven't seen them yet.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-question.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...he-winter.html
Last edited by Dodosmike; Dec 8, 2014 at 07:39 PM.
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Don't even ask about ethanol......
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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.
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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.
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Storage
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.....
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.....
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BTW, 15-25 cm of the white stuff tomorrow. Hope your 1973 is tucked away!
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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.
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
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.
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)!
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