Just pull into the garage, turn it off and walk away until your ready to drive it again. If you can monitor it regularly, place a battery tender on the battery.
How to prepare my Mustang for winter?
Hello.
I'm about to park my Mustang in the garage for the winter season. Not gonna change the tires, not going to drive it - where I live, there's ample snow every year, and I think I'd hug a tree faster than you could say "5th generation", haha.
My question is simple - how should I prepare my car for the Winter season? Should I fill it up with petrol, or leave some space (I heard that you should leave like 1/4th of the tank empty)?
Thanks for any advice in advance!
I'm about to park my Mustang in the garage for the winter season. Not gonna change the tires, not going to drive it - where I live, there's ample snow every year, and I think I'd hug a tree faster than you could say "5th generation", haha.
My question is simple - how should I prepare my car for the Winter season? Should I fill it up with petrol, or leave some space (I heard that you should leave like 1/4th of the tank empty)?
Thanks for any advice in advance!
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Winter Storage information - Suggestions?
tips for storing 2004 in garage for winter??
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Lithuania? I'm sure it gets quite a bit of snow there, lol.
It's a good practice to start the car and let it run for at least 10-15 minutes or so a month during the winter. This will keep oil from completely draining from the surfaces of the engine internals and will keep the battery from going dead too.
Like mentioned a battery tender is a good idea too but make sure that you have a newer computer controlled one that monitors the battery and doesn't overcharge it.
If you have 10% ethanol in your gasoline(most of the EU does I hear) then buy a high quality gasoline stabilizer and put that in the gas tank to help minimize the effects of the ethanol. Ethanol is hygroscopic and absorbs water. This will rust out gas tanks which is just one of the reasons why ethanol is awful in gasoline.
It's a good practice to start the car and let it run for at least 10-15 minutes or so a month during the winter. This will keep oil from completely draining from the surfaces of the engine internals and will keep the battery from going dead too.
Like mentioned a battery tender is a good idea too but make sure that you have a newer computer controlled one that monitors the battery and doesn't overcharge it.
If you have 10% ethanol in your gasoline(most of the EU does I hear) then buy a high quality gasoline stabilizer and put that in the gas tank to help minimize the effects of the ethanol. Ethanol is hygroscopic and absorbs water. This will rust out gas tanks which is just one of the reasons why ethanol is awful in gasoline.
Yes sir, haha - we do have a lot of snow, especially in the past couple of Winters! The Baltic region is slowly becoming more and more Scandinavian, as far as huge blizzards are concerned, hahaha!Lithuania? I'm sure it gets quite a bit of snow there, lol.
It's a good practice to start the car and let it run for at least 10-15 minutes or so a month during the winter. This will keep oil from completely draining from the surfaces of the engine internals and will keep the battery from going dead too.
Like mentioned a battery tender is a good idea too but make sure that you have a newer computer controlled one that monitors the battery and doesn't overcharge it.
If you have 10% ethanol in your gasoline(most of the EU does I hear) then buy a high quality gasoline stabilizer and put that in the gas tank to help minimize the effects of the ethanol. Ethanol is hygroscopic and absorbs water. This will rust out gas tanks which is just one of the reasons why ethanol is awful in gasoline.
Thanks so much for the advice - I'll definitely look into the stabilizer, as well as running the engine once or twice per month. Also, I didn't know that about ethanol - thank you for informing me!
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