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A lot depends on if you will have access to the car during the time it's in storage. If you can go out and start it and run it for a bit, then you don't need to do anything with the gas tank or motor. If you are just going to store it and forget it till Spring, then:
-Put some gas stabilizer in the tank and fill it with gas.
-Pull your plugs and put a couple drops of motor oil in each cylinder, then put the plugs back in.
-disconnect the battery (leave it in the car).
-put in fresh motor oil and a new filter.
This is generally for long-term storage, but you can lift the car too if you want. This keeps the tires from getting flat spots. Jack the car and put two jack stands under the rear axle so that the tires are just off the floor. Jack the front and put the jack stands below the lower ball joints. You want to make sure the suspension isn't sprung for the whole winter. Don't block the car so that the wheels are "hanging" from the suspension.
Worst problem is rodents.
-CLEAN THE INTERIOR COMPLETELY. Any food crumbs or candy wrappers in the car (don't forget the ashtray) will attract critters. If you have carpeted floor mats, put them in a sealed up garbage bag in the trunk.
-cover the end of your tailpipe and your intake with plastic bags and rubber bands.
-Get some Shake-Away rodent repellant, some styrofoam bowls, and some old stockings. I put a little repellent in the bowls and place them in each of the foot areas in the car, the trunk, and on top of the battery and the intake manifold under the hood. I also place a bowl behind each tire on the floor. Take the old stockings, cut them up and make small sachets full of Shake Away by tying the ends together (should be about the size of a golf ball). Stuff the sachets under the front hood liner where it tucks into the lip of the hood at the sides. Mice love to nest up under the hood liner. They pull it apart to make nests and fill the area with maple seeds and things. You can also stuff some sachets any place you think mice might use as access to the car.
Other people will recommend dryer sheets and moth balls--to each his own--but in my experience, they don't work any where near as well as Shake Away which was designed for the purpose. Once the meeces have eaten your hood insulation or your carpet, it's too late to find out that you should have went the Shake Away route.
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