Long Term Storage
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From: Long Island, NY
Car: 89 Formula
Engine: 305 TBI
Transmission: 700R4
Long Term Storage
I am going to be storing my formula for a period, of about 4-6 months does anyone have any recomendations of things to do so i dont have problems when i go to take it out of storage in april or so.
I use "Deep Creep", it's a product made by Sea Foam that coats the cylinder walls so they won't get any surface rust or anything. It works great! I sprayed it into the vaccum line going from the master cylinder to the intake while the car was running. It will stumble and almost kill, I recomend having another person shut the car down while your spraying it in there.
I also would get some fuel stabalizer, or use some normal sea foam for the gas tank, I store mine with 92 octane and with a half tank so I can top it off with fresh gas when it comes out.
If the car is going to be of easy access, charge the battery every few weeks. If it will be somewhere else, like mine, take out the battery and charge it. This will prevent the alternator from having to charge a dead battery. It also makes things easier as far as getting it started, full amps to turn the engine over is always good when it hasn't ran for awhile, batt won't go dead after 3 cranks.
1 last, if it will be exposed to any elements, put a coat of carnuba wax all over the car and don't wipe it off till you take it out.
Oh, steel wool in the exhaust pipes are alwayn a good idea, no mice.
I also would get some fuel stabalizer, or use some normal sea foam for the gas tank, I store mine with 92 octane and with a half tank so I can top it off with fresh gas when it comes out.
If the car is going to be of easy access, charge the battery every few weeks. If it will be somewhere else, like mine, take out the battery and charge it. This will prevent the alternator from having to charge a dead battery. It also makes things easier as far as getting it started, full amps to turn the engine over is always good when it hasn't ran for awhile, batt won't go dead after 3 cranks.
1 last, if it will be exposed to any elements, put a coat of carnuba wax all over the car and don't wipe it off till you take it out.
Oh, steel wool in the exhaust pipes are alwayn a good idea, no mice.
The first year I stored it with a full tank. When I took the car out 6 months later it ran terrible until I could burn off the crappy gas and get some new stuff in. Maybe it was a one time thing, but I personally have better luck with a half tank or even 3/4. Sea Foam is suppost to take care of the moisture in the tank, I don't know if it really does, but it's suppost to.
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