Storing your car.
 

Hi, I am going into the military in a few day..which calls for me to
store my car for only 2 months. Any recommendations, and step to take
so when i come back it will be as i left it? Thanks!

Storing your car.
 

John P. wrote:

> Hi, I am going into the military in a few day..which calls for me to
> store my car for only 2 months. Any recommendations, and step to take
> so when i come back it will be as i left it? Thanks!

Disconnect battery to avoid some part sucks it to dead. Leave it with a full
tank of gas. If the last oil chance is longer time ago make oil chance
before you sat it down.

Regards,

Ralf
--
www.omnibusclub.de
Erfinder des Abgasturboladers Dr. Alfred J. Büchi: "Die Abgase,
deren noch inne-wohnende Energie bis dahin vergeudet wurde ..."

Storing your car.
 

Full tank of gas is an invitation for disaster. Stupid. Anythign might
happen and gee oyu got a full tank to explode

Storing your car.
 

Marco Licetti wrote:

> Full tank of gas is an invitation for disaster. Stupid. Anythign might
> happen and gee oyu got a full tank to explode

A full gas of tank is less danger then a half or a quarter because of less
degas of gasoline!
And by the way it's preventing corrosion of this tank.

Of course you have all ways keep fire away from a car or a garage.

Regards,

Ralf
--
www.omnibusclub.de
Erfinder des Abgasturboladers Dr. Alfred J. Büchi: "Die Abgase,
deren noch inne-wohnende Energie bis dahin vergeudet wurde ..."

Storing your car.
 

Marco Licetti wrote:
>
> Full tank of gas is an invitation for disaster. Stupid. Anythign might
> happen and gee oyu got a full tank to explode

Just the opposite. Either you are very young or a troll, or both.

Storing your car.
 

John P. wrote:
>
> Hi, I am going into the military in a few day..which calls for me to
> store my car for only 2 months. Any recommendations, and step to take
> so when i come back it will be as i left it? Thanks!

Two months is not long for vehicle storage. Don't worry about it.
As others have said, disconnect the battery negative.
Write down the radio code first though.

Storing your car.
 

John P. wrote:
> Hi, I am going into the military in a few day..which calls for me to
> store my car for only 2 months. Any recommendations, and step to take
> so when i come back it will be as i left it? Thanks!

I once left a car for two months and I would have welcomed a rusty gas
tank and dead battery to what happened to the car. High humidity rotted
most of the flooring out as well as the rocker panels. When I went to
dust it off I found mostly paint along the bottom and very rust metal
underneath.
So, store it in a warm dry place.
If you can find someone you trust, have them start it up once a week
and move it back and forth.
Modern gasoline is not pure gasoline anymore and a lot of it will turn
to syrup and separate into solids. This can plug up the fuel system,
nasty. Your gas tank shouldn't rust as modern cars have a closed fuel
system with an air line runing back to the tank from the engine area.
Make sure the gas cap is on tight.
.. . . anyway, my 'two cents.'

Storing your car.
 

John P. > wrote:
>Hi, I am going into the military in a few day..which calls for me to
>store my car for only 2 months. Any recommendations, and step to take
>so when i come back it will be as i left it? Thanks!

Two months isn't too long. There's no reason to pack everything in Cosmoline.
Just put some fuel stabilizer in the tank, drive it around a little bit, then
disconnect the battery, put a car cover over top or put it in the garage, and
go on.

Some folks might recommend pulling the plugs and squirting a little WD-40
in each cylinder to keep condensation from causing rust problems. I think
that's probably overkill for a couple months. On the other hand, given the
current situation, you could wind up on extended deployment for a while...
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Storing your car.
 

Marco Licetti wrote:
>
> Full tank of gas is an invitation for disaster. Stupid. Anythign might
> happen and gee oyu got a full tank to explode

Gasoline does not explode. Gasoline vapor explodes. A tank full of gas
is a tank with no vapor in it.

Also, of course, an empty tank will wind up with condensation building up
if the weather turns cold, and then you have water in your gas. Keep the
tank full.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Storing your car.
 

John P. wrote:
> Hi, I am going into the military in a few day..which calls for me to
> store my car for only 2 months. Any recommendations, and step to take
> so when i come back it will be as i left it? Thanks!
>

two months? Disconnect the battery so it's not sucked dead by the radio
& computer, fill it with gas and air up the tires so they don't go flat.

Maybe throw some fuel stabilizer in there, but two months isn't that long.

Ray