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From: farmer@ICO.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Putting cars in storage
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Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 18:19:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 13 18:19:00 1985
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>/* 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.