how to store a car

[FASTANG]

forgot to add change the oil

[redv6Lance]

good idea wit the baking soda taryn

[bad-speller]

letting car run WILL not hurt it during storage provided you let it get up to operating temp ,about 1/2 an hour.

Letting your car run for a half hour might get your coolant temperature up to normal temps (kinda), but your oil, cats, ect is not going to get up to full temperature without putting a load on the engine. If you consider starting a virtually dry engine as "not hurting" an engine, then you are right.

I wana hear your logic as to what good you are doing for the engine that is outweighing the harm you doing when it's started every two weeks or so?

Brian

[jenkemfr]

well cosidering that we dont really store our cars in minnesota,long term parking is more like it.but i think when the car is only parked for 5 months things arent the same as opposed to like a year or longer.

[classicstang]

I use a piece of window screen on the exhaust, mice can't eat it. I also use poly (4 mil) on the floor, keeps moisture away, and a little piece of thick carpet under each tire, which prevented flat spots. I also put some moth balls in a loosely sealed plastic bag in a bowl, which is sposed to keep varmits out of the interior. The smell went away with no problem in Spring.

[Zephyrefi]

2003Mach1's steps to winter storage:

Step 1: Park car in garage or wherever there's room.

Step 2: Take car out and thrash it on nice days (sans insurance) so that you don't forget why you're making those HUGE payments every month.

[decind]

2003 Mach1

Hey sounds like good advice, now that I have a 2004 it would be a shame to not drive it a few times next winter. I sold my 1977 Newport so now I will "store" the Mustang and look for a winter beater. I should have kept the 1998 Escort I traded in, it was paid for and would have made a nice winter car.