Im moving to richmond to go to school after the summer is over, and I'll never need my car up in the city, so i figured I would put it into storage and save money on insurance. Now I know certain things like motorcycles and boats have to be specially treated to be put into storage. What am I going to have to do to make sure its stored properly without doing something wrong. I dont want the oil to seperate or the gas to go bad and me try to start it up and break something. thanks in advance.

 

how long do you plan on having it in storage?

 

probably for 7-8 months

 

you find anything yet?

 

i would just clean the car really good, get all the crap out of it, wash it up and let it dry completely. fill the gas tank full so moisutre cant build up, and add fuel stabilizer. pull the batt and put it on a maintainer charger. pull the plugs and spray a little wd-40 down in the cylinders, and then put them back in. and thats about it..

there is a good article on popular mechanics, they may have some things i left out.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/auto...tml?page=1&c=y

 

rather than WD40, i would use some CRC 656 marine-grade stuff.
some Stabil in the gas tank goes a long way. also, i would plug your tailpipe with a rag with some of the CRC stuff just to keep moisture out of the pipes. maintenance charger is a good idea along with a good circuit breaking bar. if you can, i would also put the thing up on stands and definately treat your tires so they don't dry rot.car cover helps too!

 

I <3 you all

 

I doubt anything is going to dryrot on the car or go bad sitting around for only 7-8 months.

 

doubt until you've seen...i'm not blind.

 

you can park it at my house if you want ill take care of it for ya