# 67 Alfa Duetto winter storage and fuel **URL:** \ **Category:** Power/Fuel\ **Tags:** spider, gasoline\ **Created:** [January 23, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/67-alfa-duetto-winter-storage-and-fuel/60375 "2011-01-23T18:17:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JagAlfaOwner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/65b543/32.png) [@JagAlfaOwner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JagAlfaOwner)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/67-alfa-duetto-winter-storage-and-fuel/60375/1 "2011-01-23T18:17:34Z")
I have a 67 Ala Romeo Duetto. It has twin webers and it took me several month / years to get them right. Now they are right, good power, equal distribution no motor vibration. What is the best method for winter storage. I rarely start the car, I have a battery maintainer and 1/2 to a full tank of gas. Should I put a petcock in the fuel line and run it out of fuel before storage? I hate to put any additives in the fuel or oil. This will ensure no goop or deposits are built while it sits. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/67-alfa-duetto-winter-storage-and-fuel/60375/2 "2011-01-23T18:38:08Z")
I would drain the gas out of it. The shelf life of gasoline varies so it’s anybody’s guess on how good that gas will be in 6 months. A couple of years ago I put about 5 gallons of fresh gasoline in one of my project cars (tank previously drained, new fuel lines, etc.) and less than 5 months later that gasoline was so degraded the car would not even cough when trying to start it. A gasoline sample was nearly impossible to set on fire with a match. I would add that this led to partial disassembly of the carburetor and it looked horrible on the inside; and it had been modifed and cleaned before that last batch of fresh gas.