paulsen@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP (Bill Paulsen) (10/31/85)
I will be putting two cars in storage for about one year. My company will be paying for it. Has anyone had any experiences doing this? Any suggestions, things to do or to avoid? Thanks.
bcbell@inmet.UUCP (11/06/85)
** qwerty, or, the first six letters on my keyboard ** There are amny things you might want to do to store a car for a year, depending on how picky you are and how much the car is worth. For your basic car, here's what I'd do: Find yourself a nice dry place to store it. Fill the tank with gas. Change the oil. Flush the radiator and put in fresh antifreeze, even if you live in a warm part of the country (antifreeze has rust inhibitors). Jack the car up onto blocks or jackstands. Disconnect the battery and remove it. Put it on a trickle charger if one is available. Open the windows just a crack. Cover the car with a car cover or other light cloth covering. That should do it for a year. Again, there are lots of additional things you may want to do if the car is really valuable, like squirting some oil in each of the cylinders or greasing up the chrome, but stuff like this obligates you to spending some time getting the thing running again. For a year for a regular car, these should do the trick. R.M. Mottola Cyborg Corp. Newton, MA.
haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) (11/10/85)
In article <57500023@inmet.UUCP> bcbell@inmet.UUCP writes: >There are amny things you might want to do to store a car for a year, >depending on how picky you are and how much the car is worth. For your >basic car, here's what I'd do: > >Fill the tank with gas. Gasoline deteriorates. After a year you will likely have near-useless gasoline in your tank. Instead, only leave in a few liters, enough to start up the engine once a month or so and let it run for 10-20 minutes (long enough to warm up). Once you take it out of storage, fill it up with nice fresh gasoline. :-) \tom haapanen watmath!watdcsu!haapanen Im all lost in the Supermarket I can no longer shop happily I came in here for that special offer Guaranteed personality (c) The Clash, 1979
farmer@ICO.UUCP (11/14/85)
>/* Written 9:44 pm Nov 9, 1985 by haapanen@watdcsu in ICO:net.auto */ >In article <57500023@inmet.UUCP> bcbell@inmet.UUCP writes: > >>There are amny things you might want to do to store a car for a year, >>depending on how picky you are and how much the car is worth. For your >>basic car, here's what I'd do: >> >>Fill the tank with gas. > >Gasoline deteriorates. After a year you will likely have near-useless >gasoline in your tank. Instead, only leave in a few liters, enough to >start up the engine once a month or so and let it run for 10-20 >minutes (long enough to warm up). Once you take it out of storage, >fill it up with nice fresh gasoline. :-) Sorry, I never read the original, but I can tell you that if you do not want to have a rusted gas tank, and water screwing up the floats and such in the carb, you had better fill the tank, then drain it, and re-fill it when you are ready to use the car.
levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) (11/23/85)
In article <52500001@ICO.UUCP>, farmer@ICO.UUCP writes: > >Sorry, I never read the original, but I can tell you that if you do not want >to have a rusted gas tank, and water screwing up the floats and such in the >carb, you had better fill the tank, then drain it, and re-fill it when you >are ready to use the car. How are we supposed to get rid of the old gas? Use it in something like a lawn mower (you'd also need a BIG gas can or a lot of little ones)? Burn it? (Heaven forbid) pour it down a sewer? Please clarify. -- ------------------------------- Disclaimer: The views contained herein are | dan levy | yvel nad | my own and are not at all those of my em- | an engihacker @ | ployer or the administrator of any computer | at&t computer systems division | upon which I may hack. | skokie, illinois | -------------------------------- Path: ..!ihnp4!ttrdc!levy
mrl@drutx.UUCP (LongoMR) (11/25/85)
>>Sorry, I never read the original, but I can tell you that if you do not want >>to have a rusted gas tank, and water screwing up the floats and such in the >>carb, you had better fill the tank, then drain it, and re-fill it when you >>are ready to use the car. >How are we supposed to get rid of the old gas? Use it in something like a >lawn mower (you'd also need a BIG gas can or a lot of little ones)? Burn it? As one who stores cars thru the winter, I can verify that a half empty gas tank will cause condensation and a bunch of resulting problems. The gas in the tank can be used once the winter is over. If you are going to keep the same gas in the tank for a long enough period to cause it to be so stale that it isn't usable, then you aren't talking about short term storage anymore. (I believe that is what the original article was addressing) -- Mark R. Longo ihnp4!drutx!mrl