Lincoln
Veteran Member
I'll be away for about 10 months, so I'm thinking about laying up my Passat while I'm gone. I can find some tips online that are fairly generic (chalks, instead of parking break; preferable to put on jack stands; keep rodents away; change oil before storing; etc.). The only diesel-specific tips I've found are to use a diesel fuel stabilizer (algaecide), and to flush the urea upon my return. Anything else the gurus on here recommend? Please bear in mind that I only plan to drive it ~2-12 months upon my return before doing the buy-back, so I'm hoping not to put a lot of money into it, and my main concern is that it is drive-able upon my return. It's also possible that I could have my father drop by once per month or so to drive it around a little bit. I'm trying to balance the risk/trouble of more permanent storage vs. just parking it in the garage and asking him to drive it occasionally, so thoughts on that are welcome also.