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red107
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According to the website once its added its only effective for 12 months. I'm still researching. I will make yearly trips back to the states. So I might have to make a stop in florida to check on my toys.
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Just to throw in my $.02 I recently drained the coolant system about a month ago and it had been sitting in storage for 2 decades. it was still legit. I wouldn't worry about coolant. I would drain the fuel system though.
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For ethanol free fuel, you can go to almost any marina and get it. Take a couple 5 gallon cans an fill up!
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Zmatt wrote:Just to throw in my $.02 I recently drained the coolant system about a month ago and it had been sitting in storage for 2 decades. it was still legit. I wouldn't worry about coolant. I would drain the fuel system though.
I wouldn't worry much for 2 years, but my project '72 had sat for many years and the coolant in the thermostat tee and head had crystallized and turned into a nasty solid. Not good.
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My first FIAT had sat for 12 years... and you guys saw how it came back to life with very little done to it. The coolant really saved the engine. Drained old gas, new gas in... a little bit of oil in each piston, turned the engine by hand first, and is started... so I still think you will be fine for three years.
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