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storing car for 2 months....how to treat oil??

Old 04-22-2005, 09:12 AM
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i will be disconnecting the battery and putting the car on jack stands to keep the tires from getting flat spots. i will also be putting fuel stabilizer in the fuel tank before i leave. is there anything i should add to the oil? i will definitely be changing it when i get back before i start it up, but i wanted to know if there was something i could put in the oil and cycle it through...so maybe it could make it thicker in order to stick to the valvetrain/head components longer....so when i go to start it after 2 months it wont be such a hard/cold start?? anyway to keep the valvesprings and other components lubed for that long??
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ttt I too would be interested in knowing what else to do since I will be gone for 2 1/2 months this summer
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New cars sit on dealers lots longer than 2 months with nothing special done to them. I think you are worrying about nothing.
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I wouldn't do anything. I might change the oil a little sooner, but that would be it.
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Yeah, it'd not a big issue. I would do exactly what you said you were going to. Just change it before you start her up again. Good luck.
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thanx bruthas
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My car sat on stands for 6 months. I just changed the oil before I fired it and added 1 gallon of 100 octane.


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