RE: Storing a project car in cold weather.

["Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>]

> I've found it better to store cars with antifreeze than drain them.  Lack of
> a total system fill leads to rusting of the waterpump seal causing a leak
> later.   The block tends to grow rusty fuzz that turns to silt next time the
> engine is run.

I agree, but don't forget that the coolant should still be changed every few
years even if the engine is not run.  The corrosion inhibitors still wear out
with time.

Randall Y