So we came to an agreement that i can keep both the E320 and the 300SD (300SD is my back up car), Now to my question is there anything that i need to know or do when i am keep my 300SD that is no longer going be my daily driver....What about the fuel?? Should i add some additive to prevent alge to grow if so what is the additive called, cover the exhaust pipe?? I am going to start up drive every twice a week....

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Current Garage
2008 Mercedes GL320 CDI 188k mi Repair/Work in progress
1994 S350 160k mi Garage Queen & prepping for repairs
2005 E320 CDI 203k mi Healthy & Daily Driver
1994 S350 357k mi Retried as parts car
1984 300TD 214k mi Blown OM617 Poss OM603 Swap??

Sold
1987 300SDL 200K+
1994 S320 181K mi
2008 E320 Bluetec 127k mi
1999 S420 130K mi
1980 240D 360k mi
15+ Others that has come, stay and gone

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1995 E320 SE 220k mi
1984 300SD 350k mi

When I asked this question about storing my 300D for the winter, I got:

- add startron or other fungicide to the tank (I use Kill-Em)
- keep tank full to prevent any condensation
- change oil every few months instead of by miles
- no harm in covering tailpipe
- if possible do not store with tires in direct contact with cold ground (garage OK, otherwise keep tires on plywood planks)
- disconnect battery and keep inside

Driving every two weeks probably isn't necessary, unless you want to. My summer 300D has been sleeping for four months now. Its about time to wake it up...

dd

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'85 300D, 'Lance',250k, ... winter beater (100k on franken-Frybrid 3 Valve Kit)
'82 300D, 'Tex', 228k body / 170k engine ... summer car
'83 300TD Cali Wagon 210k, wife's car

DD has given great advice. I agree with everything he said especially topping off the tank...

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Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

Well currenctly i cant afford $50 worth of gas for now i just spend loads of money to pay off bills!!! So i guess i can drive 2 twice a week and fill fresh gas as i go, well its not really a storing, i will be using it but not as much as i did before.

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Current Garage
2008 Mercedes GL320 CDI 188k mi Repair/Work in progress
1994 S350 160k mi Garage Queen & prepping for repairs
2005 E320 CDI 203k mi Healthy & Daily Driver
1994 S350 357k mi Retried as parts car
1984 300TD 214k mi Blown OM617 Poss OM603 Swap??

Sold
1987 300SDL 200K+
1994 S320 181K mi
2008 E320 Bluetec 127k mi
1999 S420 130K mi
1980 240D 360k mi
15+ Others that has come, stay and gone

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1995 E320 SE 220k mi
1984 300SD 350k mi

You'd have to leave it laid-up for a year or more to be concerned about diesel fuel in it's tank.

With some infrequent use the issue of the battery going bad should hopefully not occur. Todays batteries seem to dislike no activity more than batteries in much earlier years.

If you're going to drive it twice a week, you shouldn't have to do anything special, as long as at least one of those drives is long enough to get everything up to full operating temperature.

In the Seabees, we have a status called Live Storage where equipment mostly sits unused and gets operated once a week. A five mile minimum drive for road-going pieces is used to get everything good and warm. As long as this program is followed, everything seems to work out pretty well unless the piece has been stored for many years. Dead storage, where the thing just sits in a warehouse for years or decades is a different matter.

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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

I concur with the posts above. I leave my 123 somewhat dormant during the winter. I don't want salt to make it disappear. I just start it every once in a while... maybe 2 x per month and run it up and down the drive way to make sure things are lubed. I let it come up to full temp and then tuck it back in.

It's now wake up time and time to spiff her up for the season.

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1985 300D Manual 4 speed Green Hen's tooth
1979 MGB triple black Az car nice
1969 back 1/2 of MGB (Az home built trailer)
1991 Volvo 245 Wagon Nice AZ Restored Gold Brick
1983 Jeep CJ7 37,600 Miles Summer use only