[V8] V8 Storage

[toml99 at todomundo.com]

6-10 months?   I felt really bad parking the Lago car for the last 4  
years(wasn't supposed to be that long.... really)......I put gas  
treatment in the few gallons of gas that I left in the tank, and  
changed the oil before parking it.  When parking a car for a  
"whenever" deal, I've always tried to drain the tank while it's  
driveable in case it's not later. I honestly  tried to start it every  
month, but that didn't really happen on schedule.  Since I'm a  
saltwater boat guy, there's 2 schools of thought on gas.  Either you  
fill it to the brim and minimize condensation for 6 month storage  
with treatment, or leave it basically empty and change the fuel  
filter and fill it up before it's next use(with treatment).  I'f  
you've got a 5000 gallon tank, then you fill.  If you're smaller,then  
you decide.  Since I change the filter on the boat every year, that's  
a no brainer.  Don't want to have a fuel problem on a bad day in big  
seas that would swamp my boat with no power, and who want's to deal  
with 50 gallons of bad gas.  The new Marine Stabil(green) is  
reformulated for the Ethanol in all our gas, and while it's more of  
an issue with saltwater boats with newer fuel injected outboards,  
have put the green in all my Audis recently, but not the boat, and is  
probably the best gas treatment for any storage currently on the  
planet (ethanol is hugely hydroscopic and can put gallons of water in  
a tank just pulling it from the air.)    Did I put the green in the  
Lago car?....not till about 6 months ago when I got a jug  of it for  
the boat...Lago car runs great after 4 years, and 6-10 months in my  
opinion is nothing.   Parts car was sitting for more like 6-8 years  
in a field(near sea level) with who know's what in the tank(85  
octane?), and luckily it was basically empty when I got it.  Fresh  
filter, and it made a huge difference. 6-10 month.....change the oil,  
and leave 1/4 tank or less, and throw in some Marine Stabil, an  
you're way ahead of most people....If you haven't changed the filter  
in your car in years/have no idea how old it it, change it when you  
get back after sucking that 1/4 tank.  The filter is there to filter  
out the crap(and there's crap, and if stored, more crap), and any car  
that's been sitting for years, definatly needs a new filter....Every  
vehicle I've bought in my life benefitted from a new filter...Sorry  
for the ramble.....Tom