i will be storing my 98 RS for some amount of months, just looking for a few tips on storing a vehicle, parked outside, Do I fill with gas before storing? Do I get an oil change? please let me know.
come on.. you are the king of storing your car and thats all you got to give for answers.. How about putting it up on jack stands???
oh and yes...fill the gas tank and change oil ( fresh oil with the cold weather especially outside wouldn't hurt when cold starting your car) Plus it helps prevent your internals getting rusty from sitting in the winter months.
Put it up on jackstands, or plan on replacing the tires afterwards. Either run the fuel tank dry or put in some fuel stabilizer. Take the battery out and put it somewhere warm, or put a battery tender on it. A car cover to keep snow, sticks, and leaves off the paint is a good idea as well.
oh..I always thought u fill the gas and add the stablizer and drive it around for a few mins...Is it better to run it dry?
Running the tank dry is a bad idea. You want a full tank WITH some type of stabilizer to avoid rust issues. Fresh oil isn't a bad idea. Mothballs under the hood will help keep critters from making your engine bay a home.
Also dryer sheets keep critters away. In the engine bay and around the car and even inside the car wouldnt hurt.
Well, first thing first, is it just going to be parked, or do you plan on starting it up every once and a while?? If you plan on just parking it, I would have atleast 1/2 tank with stabil in it (and non-oxy if possible). Come spring time, you top off the tank with fresh gas to help combat the crappy old gas. I would not bother with fresh oil, that is just a waste. I would change the oil in spring before you even fire it up. Make sure you completely remove the battery and keep it in a warm area and do no let it sit on a concrete floor. Then it is just mothballs around the tires, a couple in the exhaust tip, and a couple just thrown under the car for good measure. You can throw a couple of dryer towels on the inside of the car. You should be all good with that. Russ
If the battery sits on a concrete floor it isnt going to lose the charge any faster than if it was put on a shelf. The battery in a car sits on metal and it doesnt lose its charge. There should be directions on the battery on how to store your battery.
stop. Battery on concrete will lose all charge and be Use Less! How can you compare steel and concrete?
:ugh: Tell me you're joking. How's the surface the battery is sitting on (all other things being equal) going to effect the drainage rate? Urban Myth.
battery casings used to be made of hard rubber that seeped acid. while sitting on concrete over time, the area directly underneath the battery would get damp and complete the circuit, draining the battery. modern batteries don't have this problem since they have plastic casings.
I agree. My dad worked for GNB which made Champion batteries, and he was told that if you put a battery on concrete that it will not lose its charge. Someone tell me how and or why you think that a battery would lose its charge by sitting on concrete.
No first pour in the stablizer into the tank then fill the gas tank like you normally after that drive the car until you are sure the stablizer has got into the fuel system.
Exactly My dad worked for GNB which made Champion batteries, and he was told that if you put a battery on concrete that it will not lose its charge. Someone tell me how and or why you think that a battery would lose its charge by sitting on concrete.
cause usually the floor transmits the cold straight from the ground... cold and no current going in means flattened power and cca going bad.... but other than that I think its horse a piece....
How do you think the ground is heated and cooled? Air temp. Maybe we should wrap the battery in R-11 insulation as well. The temp of the floor is irrelevant.
I've never had a problem with running the tank dry and having it rust from the inside on a modern car, and I've stored a couple. Most modern tanks are either plastic, aluminum, or coated on the inside to keep this from happening. Good call on the mothballs.
If you want to take the chance of your fuel tank rusting out, then keep running the tank dry before you store it.
for a car to develop rust in the gas tank it would have to sit for many years and i don't think he's planning on more than a couple months. thats like having your fuel rails get rust in them highly unlikely, but possible if you run crappy watered down gasoline.
what if its a heated floor...??? then the air around would be warmer too.. so how is that irrelevant.... it all comes down to facts and NO-ONE has shown any... Mythbusters time...:biggrin:
Its a Subaru, not a buick. Besides, if you store it with ethanol gas in the tank, you will have more to worry about than a rusting tank. Russ
