[V8] V8 Storage

[Ricky Joshi]

Thanks, I'll do exactly this.

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:18 PM, toml99 at todomundo.com <toml99 at todomundo.com
> wrote:

> 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
>
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