Shipping car, Fuel stabilizer?
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Shipping car, Fuel stabilizer?
G'day all,
I'm shipping my '71 tomorrow. I should have thought about this earlier, but would it be worth putting in some fuel additives before it goes? It could be gone anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, don't want any damage done to the brand new Holley double pumper on it.
Should I put anything in it, if so, what products can people recommend, preferably that I can just pick up from autozone, NAPA, etc so I can put it in tomorrow morning! If I have to wait to have it shipped to me, it'll be too late!
Cheers!
I'm shipping my '71 tomorrow. I should have thought about this earlier, but would it be worth putting in some fuel additives before it goes? It could be gone anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, don't want any damage done to the brand new Holley double pumper on it.
Should I put anything in it, if so, what products can people recommend, preferably that I can just pick up from autozone, NAPA, etc so I can put it in tomorrow morning! If I have to wait to have it shipped to me, it'll be too late!
Cheers!
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Hmm, that's interesting. When I bought the car, the old carb (which was only 6 years old) was destroyed (massive flaking in the fuel bowls and metering blocks to the point where the carb shop said to just toss it) and a friend suggested it was probably because of ethanol and to use additives if it's sitting for any length of time. So other people haven't had problems with fuel systems gumming up or corroding?
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So you guys are just putting in regular pump gas that I assume has some percentage of ethanol in it and letting it sit for several months? Interesting, I've had 2 different people tell me that's bad for carbs and fuel systems in general.
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That's interesting! I've had a few people tell me if you leave fuel with ethanol in a carby the sky will fall 
I wonder what went wrong with the old carby then, because that was only 6 years old and it was corroded to all hell.
I wonder what went wrong with the old carby then, because that was only 6 years old and it was corroded to all hell.
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If it had an aluminum body thats probably why
Mine sits too long also no stabilizer. No problems really
I did notice the gaskets dry out quicker thats about it. Save your money and ship it.
Mine sits too long also no stabilizer. No problems really
I did notice the gaskets dry out quicker thats about it. Save your money and ship it.
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You live in a humid environment? Water mixes with ethanol, separates out settles to bottom of whatever container it's in and can cause corrosion.
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It previously lived in Connecticut, not sure how humid it is there, it's currently in PA, it'll go to NJ tomorrow and then ship to Australia (south east). It's not too humid where it's going, no idea what sort of humidity it'll see on the trip though!
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Anyway! Car's gone now. Hopefully it gets back home safely.
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It didn't sit for 6 years, it was 6 years old. The previous owner put in a crate motor 6 years ago along with a new Holley 850 carb and as far as I'm aware, it wasn't driven heaps, but it was driven regularly other than through the winters. I bought the car just recently and one of the first things I had to replace was the carb because it was eaten away. Carb shop said it was one of the worst he's seen.
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Although the majority of my family's car are newer, supposedly designed to run on ethanol-laced fuel, I'm still not happy about it. Lucas Oil makes a fuel additive that supposed to "neutralize" the ill effects of the ethanol, and I've been using it for the last 2-3 years. I consider it cheap insurance.....just like the 6-8oz. of Sta-Bil I put in the cars before winter storage.
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I'm from Australia, over in the USA for work for a while, bought the vette while I was here, shipping it back now, hopefully it'll arrive back in Australia around about the time I get back there
