Winterizing my 86 corvette
Le Mans Master
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From: New Jersey
whatever the max pressure on the tire is... don't go past that. Mine are 51. Mine also don't flat spot bad when properly inflated... I drive the 1/4 mile to the end of my street and its gone...
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From: Park City Utah
I haven't poled tire manufactures about why they say not to do it....for a ritual that ain't worth doing. I simply....don't do the ritual.
*Fill the tank
*Change the oil (if it's not a recent change)
*Manage the battery.
*Retrieve it in the spring for fun summer driving.
KISS
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From: Park City Utah
Condensation.
With a full tank, you've displaces all of the air, so as temps change, you don't get condensation happening inside the gas tank. The alternative would be to drain it dry, then feed it positive ventilation all winter (through in/out hoses?) but that would be yet another "ritual" that is a total waste of time and effort.
Fill the tank. KISS.
With a full tank, you've displaces all of the air, so as temps change, you don't get condensation happening inside the gas tank. The alternative would be to drain it dry, then feed it positive ventilation all winter (through in/out hoses?) but that would be yet another "ritual" that is a total waste of time and effort.
Fill the tank. KISS.
Le Mans Master
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From: New Jersey
Condensation.
With a full tank, you've displaces all of the air, so as temps change, you don't get condensation happening inside the gas tank. The alternative would be to drain it dry, then feed it positive ventilation all winter (through in/out hoses?) but that would be yet another "ritual" that is a total waste of time and effort.
Fill the tank. KISS.
With a full tank, you've displaces all of the air, so as temps change, you don't get condensation happening inside the gas tank. The alternative would be to drain it dry, then feed it positive ventilation all winter (through in/out hoses?) but that would be yet another "ritual" that is a total waste of time and effort.
Fill the tank. KISS.
It does have lead additive which also has stabilizer in it though. Non hardened seats back then.
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From: Park City Utah
You're probably right. At work, our vehicles get parked at the end of their repective seasons, with "whatever" amount of fuel in them; whatever amount that the department who uses them, had in them when they parked 'em.
Over 25 years I've been working with these fleets and not yet have we had a fuel issue caused by condensation. Or:
*gas going bad
*tires getting flat spots/carpet squares/storing vehicles on stands.....
*water coming up through the floor and rusting vehicles
*etc. etc. etc. etc.......
We park the trucks, 4-wheelers and side by sides in the fall...they sit all winter, run fine in the spring.
We park the snow cats, snowmobiles and busses in the spring and they sit all summer, run fine in the fall.
KISS.
Over 25 years I've been working with these fleets and not yet have we had a fuel issue caused by condensation. Or:
*gas going bad
*tires getting flat spots/carpet squares/storing vehicles on stands.....
*water coming up through the floor and rusting vehicles
*etc. etc. etc. etc.......
We park the trucks, 4-wheelers and side by sides in the fall...they sit all winter, run fine in the spring.
We park the snow cats, snowmobiles and busses in the spring and they sit all summer, run fine in the fall.
KISS.
