Car parked at home while gone

joebedford wrote:
I fill the tank, add StaBil and put on a battery tender for 4 months.

Same here but we are gone 6 months.

joebedford wrote:
I fill the tank, add StaBil and put on a battery tender for 4 months.

I would highly suggest Seafoam instead of Stabil.


Info here-
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1646345

I fill the tank, add StaBil and put on a battery tender for 4 months.

John&Joey wrote:

I am still wayne_tw wrote:
Think about this: Many of the automobiles everyone has gone to great processes to park for about 3 months have, when they were new, sat on a dealers lot for that same period of time without any preparation whatsoever. Those same vehicles seem to have survived quite well.

FWIW:

"The longer a new car sits on a lot, the more motivated the dealer will be to sell it quickly. Most dealers take out loans in order to buy their inventory and they pay off a portion of the loans each time they sell a vehicle.

For each day that vehicle doesn't sell, the dealer keeps paying interest on that loan. The longer a car sits, the larger the interest cost grows.

Dealers typically don't mind paying interest for 30 or even 60 days, but when the car has been sitting on the lot for 3 months, that's when they really start getting nervous. They start worrying about losing money on the car if they don't sell it soon"

In addition a new car never "just sits" and it's a "new" car it better start. Again a can of SeaFoam is $6.50 and takes 10 seconds of your time. Disconnecting the battery 1-2 minutes.

YMMV

+ 1-If one takes the time to search this topic on the Internet as I did, you will find Seafoam is highly recommended for the gas tank for a storage situation.

I am still wayne_tw wrote:
Think about this: Many of the automobiles everyone has gone to great processes to park for about 3 months have, when they were new, sat on a dealers lot for that same period of time without any preparation whatsoever. Those same vehicles seem to have survived quite well.

FWIW:

"The longer a new car sits on a lot, the more motivated the dealer will be to sell it quickly. Most dealers take out loans in order to buy their inventory and they pay off a portion of the loans each time they sell a vehicle.

For each day that vehicle doesn't sell, the dealer keeps paying interest on that loan. The longer a car sits, the larger the interest cost grows.

Dealers typically don't mind paying interest for 30 or even 60 days, but when the car has been sitting on the lot for 3 months, that's when they really start getting nervous. They start worrying about losing money on the car if they don't sell it soon"

In addition a new car never "just sits" and it's a "new" car it better start. Again a can of SeaFoam is $6.50 and takes 10 seconds of your time. Disconnecting the battery 1-2 minutes.

YMMV

I am still wayne_tw wrote:
Think about this: Many of the automobiles everyone has gone to great processes to park for about 3 months have, when they were new, sat on a dealers lot for that same period of time without any preparation whatsoever. Those same vehicles seem to have survived quite well.

With that in mind, I have stored my Toyota Corolla for 4 months at a time with no preparation and it started up and ran just like it had been driven an hour before.

Personally, I wouldn't prep mine for sitting three months. However, I had to prep mine for storage since the total time it would be sitting was 8 months.

Think about this: Many of the automobiles everyone has gone to great processes to park for about 3 months have, when they were new, sat on a dealers lot for that same period of time without any preparation whatsoever. Those same vehicles seem to have survived quite well.

With that in mind, I have stored my Toyota Corolla for 4 months at a time with no preparation and it started up and ran just like it had been driven an hour before.

We leave for 5 months plus. I just fill the wife's car up with fuel then disconnect the battery. connect the battery in the spring and turn the key. Have never had any problem. The car sits in temps as low as -30 plus. If it was carberated it would be different but with fuel injection it's just not a problem.

MY personal opinion.......

3 months is not an issue and no additives are needed for the fuel.
I would consider a battery tender to keep it fully charged.

Beyond 3 months, I would definitely add fuel stabilizer, but the stuff is cheap, so whatever makes you comfortable!!!

Me Again wrote:

CKNSLS wrote:
Seems that website has an agenda of selling diagnostic equipment.

Seems like big corp has an agenda to push ethanol gas on us, even when it is taking more dyno oil to grow the corn than the fuel it displaces. Might as well call it the farm sub bill!

Couldn't agree more!