Oi Garage Queens!

[karbonkid]

For those of you who store over winter time :gayfight:, curious to know how far you go to prepare for a long term store (say 4-6+ months).
Usual stuff of over inflating tyres/ rolling car every so often (aprox. 30 days), run car upto temp/ rolling road session (aprox. 30day), conditioning battery or even taking out + conditioning, fill fuel tank to brim etc But... Do you go as far as changing engine oil before sitting idle for the whole period?

[TANKSLAPPER]

Garage Queen !

You need to ask Alex "Silverbullet" he's the biggest queen other than Glendog :smt055

T$

[cslgirl]

Mine is on a SORN from the end of this month Need to sort something out with the battery as if you leave it more than 2 weeks, it won't start. And it is relatively new, and a larger one. Husband was going to get some charger thing for it to stop battery going dead. Give it a good clean and away she goes.... that was all...:whistle:

[glendog74]

Garage Queen !

You need to ask Alex "Silverbullet" he's the biggest queen other than Glendog :smt055

T$

:blalalala:

[glendog74]

Mine is on a SORN from the end of this month Need to sort something out with the battery as if you leave it more than 2 weeks, it won't start. And it is relatively new, and a larger one. Husband was going to get some charger thing for it to stop battery going dead. Give it a good clean and away she goes.... that was all...:whistle:

You need one of these Lesa:

CTEK XS 3600

[mickaldo]

Mine is on a SORN from the end of this month Need to sort something out with the battery as if you leave it more than 2 weeks, it won't start. And it is relatively new, and a larger one. Husband was going to get some charger thing for it to stop battery going dead. Give it a good clean and away she goes.... that was all...:whistle:

get yourself an optimate usually for bikes but has an option for cars puts charge in the battery as and when its needed. mines on the car now as i smashed my race bike up in almeria two weeks ago.

[cslgirl]

Cheers guys! Will do!

Anything else I should do you think? Or get him indoors to do? I don't intend on driving her again until April.. feck that hurts me to say that. I may not hold out that long.

[Dave1800BDA]

Cheers guys! Will do!

Anything else I should do you think? Or get him indoors to do? I don't intend on driving her again until April.. feck that hurts me to say that. I may not hold out that long.

try not to leave tooooo much fuel in for a long period of time, modern day fuels leave a sediment in the bottom of the tank etc if left, almost turning to a gel

[AlexGTT]

Also, forget the running it up to temp in the garage. Really bad practice for engines. Best way to warm an engine is gentle driving and if your not doing that you risk more bore washing with extended idling doing much more harm than good. No harm at all leaving a modern engine off for 4-5 months at a time. Leave as little fuel in as possible. As mentioned above, modern fuel goes off quite quickly.

Just store it, trickle charge the battery with a Ctek or similar, make sure handbrake is off and don't wash it and leave rusty wet discs to bind up and it'll be just fine.

[karbonkid]

Ive heard quite the opposite regards fuel. I was told a tank should be filled full to prevent corrosion on the inside of the tank and additives can be added in addition. + Engine oil ideally being replaced with fresh stuff too, due to contaminants found in old oil & if left over time can cause corrosion/rust to inside of engine, but can see this having affect on a car left for a longer period of time. Was wondering if shocks would benefit if car was raised from ground, allowing them to sit in their natural off load position, esp Coilovers.

[alexk]

Also, forget the running it up to temp in the garage. Really bad practice for engines. Best way to warm an engine is gentle driving and if your not doing that you risk more bore washing with extended idling doing much more harm than good. No harm at all leaving a modern engine off for 4-5 months at a time. Leave as little fuel in as possible. As mentioned above, modern fuel goes off quite quickly.

Just store it, trickle charge the battery with a Ctek or similar, make sure handbrake is off and don't wash it and leave rusty wet discs to bind up and it'll be just fine.

+1
:thumbs:

[monkeycsl]

Pretty sure modern fuel tanks are fantastic plastic so no corrosion worries.Mine will be stored now till april ready for her mot and inspection 2 better start saving.Good old R32 4wd for the shite weather,just wondering should i get a heater for the garage to keep her nice and tostie?:hahaha:

[northernjim]

Ive heard quite the opposite regards fuel. I was told a tank should be filled full to prevent condensation on the inside of the tank and additives can be added in addition. + Engine oil ideally being replaced with fresh stuff too, due to contaminants found in old oil & if left over time can cause corrosion/rust to inside of engine, but can see this having affect on a car left for a longer period of time. Was wondering if shocks would benefit if car was raised from ground, allowing them to sit in their natural off load position, esp Coilovers.

not neccessary as far as I know, best thing for this is to get some 'tyre rest's' ( fancy tyre chock) to prevent flat spots:beer:

[Sailorbaz]

Was thinking about getting myself one of these Ctek Chargers since I got a new battery last year. But I bought one of these Battery Chargers as a panic buy before I headed off to sea one trip and it hasn't faulted me yet. Would I just be wasting my money getting a Ctek when I have a perfectly good charger already?

[alexk]

I think the one you got is fine.