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Re: storing car for winter
[Re: Rhinodart]
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10/15/13 03:47 PM
10/15/13 03:47 PM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 21,318
Manitoba, Canada
DaytonaTurbo
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 21,318
Manitoba, Canada
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I don't do anything, just park it in an unheated garage or trailer and start it in the spring, been doing it for decades with no issues. Even with the crap gas nowadays it haven't had an issue. 
same here. I usually dump in some fuel stabilizer but sometimes I don't. been doing this for years with my cars, boat, quads, snowmobile. nothing special to do really. I like to leave the cover off so no moisture gets trapped. unless you have cats.
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Re: storing car for winter
[Re: Crazy68Dart]
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10/15/13 04:51 PM
10/15/13 04:51 PM
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Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 915
near New Haven, CT
fireeng
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near New Haven, CT
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Do they use the ice melt liquid n your area? They do in NE, Ohio. That stuff is really nasty and corrosive. I've always wondered if a good rain is enough to wash that stuff away.
No, a good rain is not enough!! DOT in CT is using a similar product and it is wreaking havoc on the underside of cars. I saw first hand what it did to my 2003 Ram that I bought new. Within, 4 years all the brake lines rotted. The exhaust manifolds rusted so bad the heads got ruined trying to remove them. Then each individual coil on the plugs rusted away to nothing and it cost me over $800 to replace those with in order to change out the plugs. In four year's time, that truck looked like it had been parked at the beach for 20 years. I traded it in 2009 with just 30k miles. At my friend's repair garage, he is seeing two year old cars with brake systems rusted so bad they need complete replacement. I throughly wash the underside of my vehicles after every storm now and my 2009 Ram is holding up much better.
2016 Diesel Ram 3500 Mason Dump
1971 Challenger
2013 Jeep Wrangler
1979 Dodge Ram Power Wagon 400 Mini Pumper
My other car is a Fire Truck.
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Re: storing car for winter
[Re: fireeng]
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10/15/13 06:21 PM
10/15/13 06:21 PM
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Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,212
Canton, Ohio
Crazy68Dart
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Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,212
Canton, Ohio
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Do they use the ice melt liquid n your area? They do in NE, Ohio. That stuff is really nasty and corrosive. I've always wondered if a good rain is enough to wash that stuff away.
No, a good rain is not enough!! DOT in CT is using a similar product and it is wreaking havoc on the underside of cars. I saw first hand what it did to my 2003 Ram that I bought new. Within, 4 years all the brake lines rotted. The exhaust manifolds rusted so bad the heads got ruined trying to remove them. Then each individual coil on the plugs rusted away to nothing and it cost me over $800 to replace those with in order to change out the plugs. In four year's time, that truck looked like it had been parked at the beach for 20 years. I traded it in 2009 with just 30k miles. At my friend's repair garage, he is seeing two year old cars with brake systems rusted so bad they need complete replacement. I throughly wash the underside of my vehicles after every storm now and my 2009 Ram is holding up much better.
It is really depressing. It was hard enough to keep up with the salt, now this liquid stuff. We are having similar issues here. Body shops I have talked to are seeing corrosion/rust issues not seen for a long time dealing with only salt. I've been looking at getting a newer truck, but most everything is rotted worse than my 95!
All to say, keep your classics clean. 
383, Hemi 4-Speed, AlterKtion, D60
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