Thread: puting the truck up.. what should I do to the motor??

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Its about to snow here so im going to put my truck up. What are some things I should do to the motor before it sits for 5 months? Its a 400hp 350 with 500 miles on it if that helps. thanks for the help.

either drain the coolant out of the block and radiatior or just make sure there is plenty of anti freeze, drain the gas out of the tank and the carb bowls or run it down to almost empty and add some Sta-bil, you can get it at the parts store, it keeps your gas from turning into varnish. i personally would drain all the gas and make sure there is none in the carb to keep everything clean. unless you plan on starting it up and letting it run every few days then just ad some of the sta-bil to it, if it was mine i would be running it every few days, its god for it to run every so often
tyler

Honestly? I don't do a thing... I fill up the tank before I park it and simply start it up a couple of times during storage. I let it warm up real good (20 minutes or so) and shut her off. I have never done anything special to any of the show cars I have had and have never had a problem with any of them when getting them out of storage... Plain and simple... I just put my truck away last weekend and, if I wanted to get it out and drive it on a nice day, I could.
Mark

yah its really not a big deal, the info i gave you was just if you really felt the need to do something, doing what astroracer said will work fine, just start it up and let it warm up good. but if you really wanna do soemthing then do some of the things i mentioned in my first post, i would deff. reccomend the sta-bil here is a link to the website so you know what the bottle looks like
http://www.goldeagle.com/sta-bil/
its a cheap soultion to prevent a lot of problems

I never do anything to mine either but then IT or THEY stay in a heated garage. Somtimes a car cover just to help keep the dust off. I use the shop all year round.

Hell....my vehicles sit 5 months st a time in the summer..................I just park it......as long as it is in a dry place, dont worry. Fuel stabilizer is an idea, but I have never used it.

Originally Posted by DennyW

You got a point there. I was thinking winter, since the weather is changing now. And that cold weather will get to your battery unless you run it, or charge it.

Yeah...take the battery out and put it in your basement

Originally Posted by tweaked250r

Its about to snow here so im going to put my truck up. What are some things I should do to the motor before it sits for 5 months? Its a 400hp 350 with 500 miles on it if that helps. thanks for the help.

Just thought I would ask a relevant question, are you going to be around, or will you be travelling to another district, in the 5 months that your truck is up ? So that may have some bearing on which solution works for you.

The truck is just going to go in a shed next to my house. Thanks for the help guys.

i'd just park it and start it once a week or so.