My New (to me) Speciale and storage for the winter

I am thrilled to be back in the ownership club after a several year dalliance with a Diablo 6.0. My new to me NART Blue Speciale arrived a couple weeks ago and I promptly added 20% to its mileage.

But the weather is terrible here and with lots of salt in the road I always store sensitive Italian cars for the winter in a cliamte controlled space. I've got the trickle charger on, car cover on, the tires pumped up to 45 psi (and I'll move the car 6 inches every 30 days). I'd like to add a can of Stabil to the tank, but the fuel neck filler won't open for a funnel and I don't want to force something. Any tricks to share for getting something besides a fuel pump handle into the gas tank? Any other tricks for winter storage with the new beauty?

The last two weeks were amazing, BTW. And I feel fortunate to get in "under the wire" before the big number sales happened at a good price.

Thanks,
Bill

 

First, CONGRATS on the Speciale! Especially in NART Blue - Pics please? As far as your fuel stabilization dilemma I believe there is a factory spec emergency funnel that is included in the tool kit that will work and not get stuck or jack up the capless fuel fill system - there is one in my 458 Spider - below is the part number etc. - Check and see - if not it looks like you could order the funnel as a separate part - Hope this helps - Cheers

https://www.scuderiacarparts.com/part/24744/ferrari/260763/emergency-refuelling-funnel.html

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Item #5 on the diagram/list - Cheers

 

That is one awesome car! You really should ship it down to Texas for the winter so I can care for it
But seriously, I do start all my cars at least once a month and let them warm up completely even if I can't drive them outside. Ideally I'd purge all ethanol from the system and fill up with plain old gas but the stabilizer is a pretty good alternative. My wife's Vespa recently needed a new fuel pump after sitting too long with ethanol gas

 

Congrats Bill! Is that the one that was at FofNJ? If so, that’s a beautiful spec. Pics?

I also just got my Speciale about a month ago… I’ve now more than doubled the miles. Ok, not hard to do since it started out with 480 miles. I’m just devaluing the crap out of it.

These are amazing machines. Enjoy yours in good health!

Ruben

 

I have a factory fuel fill funnel for my 2015 458 Spider and also discovered that the fuel filler funnel from my 2014 Corvette works as well.