Ok, my car is in storage for winter up on four jackstands in my garage. The garage is connected to the house but there are no vents in there, it doesn't get below freezing in there but can get to around 40 or so degrees in there. Now, Im taking all the precautions, like filling the tank complety and all that. But the catch is I'm going to be working on the car as in not being able to start it for atleast and month to two months, becuase im going to be rebuilding the turbos, and changing out the vac lines and all cooling hoses. Now what am I risking doing this, will I end up damaging the car by not starting it at least once a week, and possibly having an empty cooling system for a couple months? Any info would be appreciated.

Alex

 

you should be fine...

make sure no rats make nests in your rotorhousings

when you start it back up you are goign to need to top the coolant off anyways from when you removed the turbos...

btw i didnt start mine in 4 months (pulled out the motor for major renovations...)

started on the first crank last spring

 

Alex,

I try to start the car every four weeks or so. I keep the battery on a trickle charger as I have one of those PC680s.

Make it a point to put in some fuel stabilizer. (Stabil).

David

 

Just pull the battery out of the car and tear it up. It will be fine. Make sure to put the battery on a charger for a day before you install it back into the car in the Spring time.

 

damn and im getting worried about not using the 7 for the winter.. it does get pretty cold up here..

o well, ill start it once a week to be on the safe side..

 

Not rebuilding the turbos is of much greater concern than letting it sit a little longer than you'd like. It's months and years of sitting still that usually result in problems.

Dave

 

I had these same worries, as my car sat for half a year without being started. It did not want to crank over for maybe 20 seconds(probably even less) but it eventually fired up. It ran like a grumpy old man for about 5 minutes. I then gradually broke it in to normal driving.....and then boost situations.
I just got back from KD, with 99 turbos, and the car is blazingly healthy.
I think you will be fine. The only problem i'm having is that my front calipers are toast from sitting. That probably won't happen to you as yoor car will be inside though.