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From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Putting cars in storage
Message-ID: <1860@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 9-Nov-85 21:44:02 EST
Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1860
Posted: Sat Nov  9 21:44:02 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 08:49:41 EST
References: <510@ittvax.UUCP> <57500023@inmet.UUCP>
Reply-To: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS])
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

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.  :-)


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