# Storing a car

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/storing-a-car/42150>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** plymouth, voyager\
**Created:** [January 9, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/storing-a-car/42150 "2010-01-09T18:39:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![briskie27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@briskie27](https://community.cartalk.com/u/briskie27)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/storing-a-car/42150/1 "2010-01-09T18:39:24Z")

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what preperation is nece4ssary if storing a car in a garage for 6 months or possibly longer

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/storing-a-car/42150/2 "2010-01-09T18:44:25Z")

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Add Sta-bil to the gas tank–preferably a full tank.  
Buy a Battery Maintainer and connect it to the battery in order to keep it from dying.

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/storing-a-car/42150/3 "2010-01-09T20:15:24Z")

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Agree, 6 months is not very long. I’d also plug all openings with steel wool and wipe the salt off wires and hoses to discourage raccoons from feasting on them.

Before storage, I would also change the oil and filter.