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| 1251.1 | | SUBURB::SAXBYM | Really Manic Information Centre | Thu Oct 11 1990 10:53 | 14 |
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If you can, you're probably better to give the car a run around the
block (rather than just leaving it idling on the drive) as this will
prevent brakes seizing, suspension parts rusting together, etc.
The Marcos is often left unstarted for a week or two, but if it's
off the road for longer I do start it up once in a while (as you
suggest), but only start it.
If the car is going to be ununsed for months there are lots of
suggested methods of preserving it, but all are excessive if
you plan to use the car on a few-weekly basis.
Mark
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| 1251.2 | | OVAL::GUEST_N | Nowhere at all.... | Thu Oct 11 1990 11:04 | 5 |
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Just completely theoretical like, but how about 6+ months ?
What would be the best thing to do (besides sell it).
Nigel
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| 1251.4 | here's some | HAMPS::LINCOLN_J | Where sheep dare | Thu Oct 11 1990 13:13 | 21 |
| The most important thing to attend to if a car is to stand
around for any more than a week or so is the clutch.
Eevntually the linings will become stuck to the flywheel and
the first attempt to use it may well result in disintegration
and a new clutch. I had this happen after a six week holiday
once and it's not the sort of welcome back present that you'd
like.
The usual technique is to use a piece of appropriately sized
wood placed between clutch pedal and seat mounting to keep it
depressed. Leaky hydraulic clutches however may not respond to
this though.
If it should get stuck the best bet is to apply brakes, depress
clutch, engage reverse and try to start it.
For long layups, place the car on stands to relieve suspension
forces and prevent flat spotting of tyres; remove plugs and
squirt some oil in, release clutch and keep as dry as possible.
-John
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| 1251.5 | | KERNEL::PARRY | 16 bits R SXy | Mon Oct 15 1990 17:38 | 4 |
| From my experience leaving the car even a week can drain the battery,
how about disconnecting it (it also means it isn't going to be stolen
as quickly). Also handbrakes can get stuck on.
Trev
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| 1251.6 | Cool dark place :-) | XNOGOV::LISA | There must be a pony | Mon Oct 15 1990 23:35 | 14 |
| I left my car in the garage for approx 18 months. Only got it out
twice to drive it for 2 minutes and puff the tyres up! Forced some
great daffs in the boot (nice cool dark place!).
When I started driving again, I took it to a garage for a service. They
had to do something with the clutch and accelerator cos they were a bit
stiff. Apart from that it was fine. It took me 18 months to use up the
free tank of petrol it came with and when I sold it 2 months ago it only
had 17500 miles on the clock - it was a C reg.
Leave it in the garage - and force some bulbs in the boot!
Lisa.
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| 1251.7 | Not good for a new car | IOSG::MARSHALL | Waterloo Sunset | Tue Oct 16 1990 10:15 | 15 |
| It doesn't sound very healthy to leave a new car unused like that. I would
have thought it best to "run it in" for a few thousand miles at least before
using it to grow flowers in!
Although a C reg with only 17500 sounds good, a lot depends on when / how it
came by those miles. There are horror stories elsewhere in this conference
about cars not being used "properly" in the first couple of years leading to
all kinds of premature mechanical failure later on.
Cars were made to be driven, not locked away because they're not needed or as
speculative "investments".
But then that's just my opinion...
Scott
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| 1251.9 | Spark, Crackle, Flop ! | ESDV02::MUDAN | For Hire, For Higher... | Fri Feb 15 1991 09:34 | 9 |
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Returning to this theme...
I started up my car, after approx 1 months non-use, and found it
was `mis-firing' !
Further investigation proved a "snapped" spark-plug. How can this
happen ? The last time I used the car it was OK and running fine.
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