<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">It appears, by various posters, that many of us have our own method of storing our Type 3's </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">(ala: </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">1.)  Drive 'em til they get stored and do NOTHING; </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">2.)  Store them with a full tank of fuel and start 'em one or more times during the winter;</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">3.)  Jim's consideration: " .... adding a bit (whatever "a bit" is) of 2-cycle oil to the gas ..."</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">My choice for ~22+ years was:</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">A.)  Drive the car ~25 miles to get everything warm,  Change oil.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">B.)  Add the required amount of gas stabilizer and drive to the barn/house/storage facility,</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">Note:  I used Stabil for ~18 years until they changed their formula.  Now I use PRI-G.  (G for gas.  They also make PRI-D for diesel, which I use in our motor home for 2 periods of 4-to-6 months of "sitting".)</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">C.)  Put the car on jack stands; remove the tires/wheels and store them in a cool/dark location; </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">D.)  Remove the battery and "trickle charge" it for ~6 months;</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">E.)  Spread Downy Dryer Sheets around the passenger compartment, trunk, engine;</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">F.)  Cover the car and leave it alone 'til spring.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">I never had a problem in the spring, when I reversed the process and drove the Square all summer.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">>Jim's comment:</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">>I don't think mileage or age damages them, but long term storage of a</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">>car with them in it seems to have possible rust problems. I've</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">>considered adding a bit of 2-cycle oil to the gas before parking them</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">>for the winter.</span><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">So ... opinions and methods, regarding keeping injectors healthy & storage, vary.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">So, what ever "floats your boat".</span></div><div><br></div>--<br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT<br></div><div>Rockport, TX (winter)</div><div>Lake Geneva, WI (summer)</div></div></div>
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