Guys i live near toronto Ontario Canada... I putting my car away.... Need some tips what what i should do to it before i store it.... Weather here gets to about - 30c
which works out to like 1 degree F.

 

drain all the fluids?? how long?

 

Put the car on jack stands. Fill tires with air. Change oil. Full tank of gas. Remove battery.

 

until April 26 2003 at 12:00am

 

for that short of a time frame, do what B2 said. make sure you have a <u>FULL</u> tank of gas though. you dont really need to put the car on stands but it would be nice.

 

Even Rad fluid
one guy told me too put an oil rag in my exhaust so mice wont get in there?
And pust baking soda in car?


[Modified by rated_r, 8:25 PM 11/16/2002]

 

Leave the rad fluid...change it when you take it out.

Car cover would be nice too. Wash and wax

Will there be mice around? If so, then it's not safe no matter what you do...cause they can eat the wires in the engine bay.

A nice air freshner is good enough for the interior.

 

thanks buddy

 

i have ? i have my car stored i pull it out about 2 times a week and let it run for about 10-20 mins. should i do any thing orther then changing my oil every 3 months

 

thats fine, but it would be nice to make sure you have a full tank of gas.

 

NEVER drain the fluid! allways put new fluids in and make sure they are the right amount.

 

Full tank of gas is important so you don't get any water in there. Changing the oil before you store is good for the initial start up.

 

-Do not drain the fluids.
-Steel wool in the exhaust tip will keep rodents out.
-Also to keep mice away, either moth ***** around & under the car or, I have also heard that
Bounce fabric softener sheets keep them away as well (and smells better too).
-I've heard mixed reviews about putting the car on jackstands. I just put an extra ~5 lbs of air
in the tires.
-Also, disconnect the battery terminals
-Full tank of gas, and add Stabil

 

Also you might want to add a bottle of gas stabilizer to you very very full tank of gas. I say very very cause if there is air in inside your gas tank condinsasion will form and cause rust- or chance of.

the condinsasion will occur in most of your engine, When your ready to start the bitch after storage I would myself take off the Valve cover and wipe it dry of the possible moisture/water.

As for your brakes, do not put the Pbarke on for that lentgh of time use chocks of some sort or better yet jack up the car and let the wheels hang, but not at full stroke, slide a thick peice of wood under each tire to lift up each wheel a hair. Also make sure your tires are properly inflated and not beyond the max amount.

 

No need to let it run so often. Once a month is plenty

 

is it bad if i take the wheels totally off and wrape the dics and brakes with a garbage bag and put the car on jack stands about 1 foot off the ground... We get a lot of snow up here

 

Ideally the suspension should be compressed.

 

Wait a min, maybe i missed somthing, or maybe i am just retarted, but did are you parking this thing outside? In the snow? And this is a Type R we are talking about right?

 

What are you talking about Willis?????
Na... that can't be, could it outdoors- REalLy?

 

yes... outside.... have no garage... Insurance company told me, if take the car off my propberty while car is on fire and theft... They will honor my policy... They are ****** ******** had a huge doulbe garage at my aunts house ready for free

 

WOW!!!! That sucks. At least you did try and put it inside though, i was dissapointed there for a sec. Surely you can work somthing out with them. I guess you could drop insurance till april, kinda risky, but you won't be driven it anyways.

 

true, but my aunt leaves every winter from January and comes home may from her LA winter home, and her house is 15mins away she lives in the sticks, middle of no where, So without fire and theft if something happens i'm fucked

 

Get a spot in the local storage places, Can't be worse then leaving it outside for that long.

Around here they have garage size storage, for car, bike,quads anything and the amount of money they charge is peice of mind ( car inside, dry, away from negitive people).

 

Man that's a predicament, dropping insurance come to think of it is a realy bad idea, I would take bbasso's advice and put it in storage. But whatever you do don't leave your baby out in the snow!

 

the jackasses who will be scoping the R are much worse then snow.

Infact the snow might hide it.
Hey,,, Build a BIG *** snowman around your car-