Long term storage
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Long term storage
I don’t have time or the desire to drive my car right now. It’s a 19GS. If I store it like the old days by pulling the battery, putting some oil in the cylinders, draining the fuel system and taking the weight off the springs. Will any of electronics in the care fail when I want to restart it?
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I'm no expert on this. I would probably add stabilizer to the gas. Lift the car off the tires and keep a trickle charger on it. Good luck!
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Disconnect the battery, nothing in the cylinders, full fuel with stabilizer, tires off the ground, AND Bounce dryer sheets all over inside and around the engine bay, AND moth ***** scattered around on the floor. Rodents are the biggest threat to the electronics.
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Thank you, I forgot about rodents.
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lay carpet under the tires but they will likely be junk in a yr anyway. keep the battery in the car stabil in there fuel and start the car every couple of months let it idle for 15-20 minutes and you will be fine
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I own a race team based in New Hampshire. We store our car every winter from November to April.
Disconnect battery. Don't empty your tank, you want about 1/4 tank of gas with fuel stabilizer. DO NOT take weight off the suspension, we put rubber mats underneath the tires to keep them off the ground but the car should be on its own weight. Tons of dryer sheets in the car for rodents as Laserdude said.
Disconnect battery. Don't empty your tank, you want about 1/4 tank of gas with fuel stabilizer. DO NOT take weight off the suspension, we put rubber mats underneath the tires to keep them off the ground but the car should be on its own weight. Tons of dryer sheets in the car for rodents as Laserdude said.