Date:         Sun, 8 Dec 2019 19:54:34 -0800
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
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From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Periodically starting Vanagon(?)
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What we do with the winter tools over the summer at work (LMC Snow Cat, Tracked Jeep) is only run non-ethanol fuel and keep them topped off. That’s what the snowmobile folks around here do and it seems to work well. There’s an app called PureGas that will lead you to non-ethanol fuel.

Jim

> On Dec 8, 2019, at 10:01 AM, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I'd think leave it like that and not starting it till you're or it's ready
> for a drive of at least 20 mile so it will be well oiled and all the
> moisture in the engine/exhaust be gone. I read it somewhere it's not good
> to start for a few minutes and shut it down.
> 
> On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 9:55 AM Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi listers - like many of you I have noticed the reduction in email traffic
>> over the past several months.  Anyway - I have a question in relation to my
>> van (86 Westy Syncro) currently parked in my carport - in Vancouver BC with
>> our Pacific Northwest winter climate.  I am not driving it currently given
>> it is not insured and I am waiting for some body work to be completed.  It
>> has relatively clean oil in it and the fuel level is just above reserve -
>> so relatively empty.  I occasionally check the battery voltage and charge
>> when required.
>> 
>> Should I turn the motor by hand at all - or start it and run it for a
>> period - or just leave it be?  As stated it is not insured so I can't
>> really drive it anywhere under load.
>> 
>> Thanks for your advice.
>> 
>> Bruce
>>