How bad is it to leave a turbo'd car out for winter, starting it maybe one a month. I assume it isnt the best of conditions for a turbo to be in. Has anyone been through this?

Thanks

 

Start it up more than once a month.

 

i would start it atleast twice a week

 

This is what we do to winterize all of our cars. It depends how serious you are.
First get some fuel stablizer and put that in your tank. Or if you are as nuts as we are we drain the tanks and put air plane fuel in and drive the car around to get the fuel in everything. It burns a lot cleaner and does not gum up like regular gas.

Next get some marble mystery oil and since the car is FI and not a carb just pull the plugs and spray some in each cylinder. Then put the plugs back in not the wires and crank the car over a few times. Put some more marvel in each cylinder and put the plugs and wires back in. Now don't start it after you do this. This will put a nice coating on the cylinder walls.

If you want jack the car up so all the tires are off the ground and not getting flat spots.

Also disconnect the battiery so that it does not go dead.

Also put a rag or something in the exhaust to keep mice and critters from building a home.

Hope that helps there is more you can do but that should get you going.

 

Yeah, thats pretty good ^^^^^^.


Some extra tidbits.

1. Drain the oil and put some fresh oil and a fresh filter in their. Don't start the car after changing the oil, just turn it over without fuel pressure to get the oil circulated. Starting the motor creates acids which corrode the inside of the motor. The fresh oil has a strong anti-acid package. When you go to use the car in the spring, change the oil again for a new anti-acid package.

2. Take the battery out of the car and put it on a trickle charger.

3. Check the coolant to make sure it won't freeze and crack the block.

4. Do whatever you can to keep critters away from your car, munching on the wires etc... (they like the taste of copper).

5. Put a note on the steering wheel reminding you to crank the motor without the spark plugs in. This will remove the ATF or marvel oil in the cylinders so you don't hydro lock it and bend a rod.

 

also moth ***** keep the mice away. For some reason they hate them. So if you have a lot of mice around you put some moth ***** in your trunk and inside your car if you want. Also put them in your engine bay near the intake and whatever else.

 

I hate how moth-***** smell!

 

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what do you guys think is good for coolant ratio? i just tested mine, it will be in a garage(not heated) but the little tester said it was good to 20 below 0. im figureing thats ok, but my buddy drained his coolant and made a stronger ratio because he was only 10 below.

 

you could do what i did and pull the motor to build it over the winter

 

i love driving mine in the winter it pulls so good...why do you guys but yours away...? snow?

 

You must be putting alot of oil in the cylinders if you are worried about it hydro-locking when you crank it over.