Wintertime Fuel Question
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2003
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From: Saratoga Springs NY
2024 C4 of the Year Finalist - Modified
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No, salt water would get in for sure.. and unless you have a Racor separator, the stock size filter would get saturated with it and make its way to the engine. Worst i saw was a TBI engine that corroded the butterflies completely shut. But salt is salt, and plenty of issues besides just fuel contamination. Salt Air alone is amazing the damage it does, especially electrical damage...... People will still ask why alot of my tools are painted, and when I tell them new tools would rust in the air they were amazed....
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 895
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From: Poughkeepsie, NY
If you topped of in may, that means you didn't drive all summer, and now your packing it away for the winter?
I live upstate New York
I take mine out all winter, as long as there's no ice or snow.
So no worries about fuel or seals drying up or mice or anything else that everyone writes in about this time of year.
Just drive it.
