Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 11:54 am, by: Mario Ibrahim(Milsc)
Hi All,
I am moving overseas for at least one year and in case I cannot sell my Soarer in time, I would like to store it. What are the main items I should be taking care of when storing a Soarer for a long period of time (other than lifting the car and removing the wheels)?
Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 08:42 pm, by: Murray Lund(Murray)
I go to sea for long periods of time (like 8 months straight last year). I leave the Soarer on the charger, and my better half drives it once a week on the w/e - (she prefers the intimidation factor of the bullbar on the 4WD). Seems a better proposition than putting it on blocks.
Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 09:58 pm, by: Vinh Bui(Hyudsjk)
Just buy a good car cover, unhook one of the battery terminals, keep it in the garage, then lock the garage with a few monkeys in there to keep away intruders.
Friday, February 17, 2006 - 12:05 pm, by: Luke Nieuwhof(Luke_nieuwhof)
Vinh's monkey idea is the best. I personally have a group of monkeys guarding my Soarer and they are very handy. Be careful they can not get into your Soarer, they make a real mess (I tell you from experience). If space is a consideration use the Emperor Tamarin but else the common chimpanzee is an effective guard.
Friday, February 17, 2006 - 12:24 pm, by: Dave Hart(Davyboy)
After a year of leaving monkeys in the garage, to guard the car, you'll come back to a right mess. The car will be in bits covered in monkey •••• and they'll be long dead of starvation stripped to the bone by maggots who will have turned to billions of flies.
Friday, February 17, 2006 - 12:36 pm, by: Luke Nieuwhof(Luke_nieuwhof)
Well duh feeding the monkeys is a must. Monkeys work best if you have lots of people trying to steal your car because they will throw their own excrement at the offenders, thereby keeping the garage clean.
Friday, February 17, 2006 - 01:08 pm, by: Gary Redman(Gary)
I wouldn't recommend draining the cooling system. My experience has shown that a lot of corrosion occurs when parts are exposed to the atmosphere that are normally in a sealed environment, even if it is in water.
Monday, February 20, 2006 - 01:26 pm, by: Sidd Venkatesan(Siddvenkatesan)
I left my car in storage for 8 months with no ill effects.
I cleaned up the car (wash, wax and vaccum), put in fresh oil and let it circulate and ran down the fuel to a bare minimum. I also disconnected the battery (duh)
Finally, I put the car on bricks, to stop the tyres getting a bald spot and covered up with a good quality car cover.
After returning, I put in ~10 liters of new petrol, and jump started the car. Finally, I changed the oil and filter.
Monday, February 20, 2006 - 04:07 pm, by: Don Bagnall(Baggs)
Good point Peter, AND it is better to support the vehicle under the lower control arms, so the suspension is "Sitting" in the "Road-going" position, instead of hanging at maximum travel.
Caviat: Dunno whether this applies to modern stuff like a Soarer, but with old stuff like Chevrolet's, Buick's, Chryslers, Cadillac's etc, it paid to.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 09:12 am, by: Nathan Richardson(Richtheblack)
Ryan Rankovic wrote on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 10:11 pm:
Why run it down to no fuel?
If you fill your tank up to the brim there is less oxygen in there to turn the petrol stale. or something like that
That may be a point, one thing though with an empty tank your more likely to get condensation in the tank. May lead to corrosion and a puddle of water in the bottom of the tank. Also the front A/C compressor seal may go hard from not being used for so long, not a big issue though.
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