Thinking About Winter Storage

Cardinals wrote:
This is our first year with a motorhome and I I have a few questions about winter storage.


1. Any recommendations on the fuel level to maintain over the winter months. We are in cold upstate NY.

2. I was told to add an additive. Any recommendations on type? Do you add it once and that is all?

3. I was planning on starting it at least once each month (unit is only 5 minutes from our house), is that satisfactory?

4. Also assume would need to test generator monthly as well.

Thank you in advance, i know about the winterization of the unit itself.

Mike

1) Depends on gas vs diesel but condensation in the fuel is mostly myth. If there is water in the fuel, it most likely came with the fuel. Look up the numbers on how much water is in 20gal of air. Even if the air changes over once a day and you squeeze ever last molecule out, there will be just a few drops over the course of the winter.
2) A fuel stabilizer is not a bad idea if it's gas. The ethanol causes gas to have a shelf life and this partially negates that.
3) Unless you put it in gear and get it fully up to temperature, you are doing more harm than good. Assuming you are up north where they use salt on the roads...Better to put her to bed and take the battery home and put it on a battery tender (or charger every month or so).
4) Same treatment for the generator. Unless you run it long enough and under enough load to get it fully up to temperature, more harm than good.