Steps to take when storing a Turbo II for the winter?
11-05-04, 01:05 PM
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Steps to take when storing a Turbo II for the winter?
I don't have a TII yet, but I'm switching positions in the spring and will have a company car, so I'm planning on selling the GXL and grabbing a Turbo II to tool around with during the summer season and get into AutoX, and storing it during the winter.
I don't know if there's anything special I really need to do. It'll be in a garage during the winter, and I was just thinking of keeping only a small amount of gas in the tank with Sta-bil added, and starting for 15 minutes every month or so to keep the seals from locking up.
I don't know if there's anything special I really need to do. It'll be in a garage during the winter, and I was just thinking of keeping only a small amount of gas in the tank with Sta-bil added, and starting for 15 minutes every month or so to keep the seals from locking up.
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Originally Posted by Parastie
Search Aaron Cake's Winter Storage technique.
11-05-04, 01:46 PM
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I always store my car from our nasty Canadian winters, so the car is out of commission for a good 5-6 months 
I add fuel stabilizer and make sure not to pull the handbrake.
I never start the car. Starting a car regularly and just letting it idle up to temperature in the cold is not a good idea.
Instead, I fog the engine with Marine Fogging Oil. I make sure to get that stuff into all of the rotor faces (spray, turn engine, spray more). Then I leave it until spring time.
I add fuel stabilizer and make sure not to pull the handbrake.
I never start the car. Starting a car regularly and just letting it idle up to temperature in the cold is not a good idea.
Instead, I fog the engine with Marine Fogging Oil. I make sure to get that stuff into all of the rotor faces (spray, turn engine, spray more). Then I leave it until spring time.
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2nd hit on a search for "storage" in the 2nd gen forum under the user name "Aaron Cake":
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hlight=storage
I forgot to mention in that post that you should also use a fuel stabilizer. I like Sta-Bil. Mix it in while you are doing your fogging so it circulates through the system a few times.
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hlight=storage
I forgot to mention in that post that you should also use a fuel stabilizer. I like Sta-Bil. Mix it in while you are doing your fogging so it circulates through the system a few times.
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Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
2nd hit on a search for "storage" in the 2nd gen forum under the user name "Aaron Cake":
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hlight=storage
I forgot to mention in that post that you should also use a fuel stabilizer. I like Sta-Bil. Mix it in while you are doing your fogging so it circulates through the system a few times.
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hlight=storage
I forgot to mention in that post that you should also use a fuel stabilizer. I like Sta-Bil. Mix it in while you are doing your fogging so it circulates through the system a few times.
Should a guy but some oil on the hatch and door seals as well? I know my passenger one sticks like a **** whenever I open it since I never have passengers.
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