Hey guys,
My car has been in storage for the past 3 months and probably going to sit for another 2 months before I can start enjoying her.
During this time I have not start it once. Is it a good idea to pull the injector/coilpack fuse, crank it for a few seconds to get some oil pressure before I start her up? or it's not really necessary to do so?

so you guys who park your car during the winter, what do you do when you are ready to take her out in the spring?

your comments are much appreciated !

 

Trickle charger, fresh gas, fuel stabilizer, and I start the car about once a week.

I also park on flat stoppers to prevent flat spots on my tires.

 

Thanks Bob! I got full tank as well as fuel stabilizer. The car is on battery maintainer too and tires inflated to 50+ psi.

Is it better to start it every week or not to start it at all ?

 

I was told this was not a good idea because of something to do with the fluids not being able to cycle, thoughts?

 

I have no idea. This is my first winter with my GT2 - I had driven my Turbo in the previous winters.

 

Can you elaborate? What does "fluids not being able to cycle" mean?

bob

 

No sorry, it is just what the Porsche service guy told me. I told him that I was starting the car once a month and he told me not to unless I took it for a drive. I could be completely wrong about the reason.

 

I'm hoping it gets warm enough next month (Feb) to bring her out. I didn't use fuel stabilizer, hope that's not a biggie. I inflated to 50psi and have it on the ctek trickle.

One thing to do is air out the battery compartment with the hood open for 20 mins or so to avoid the KABOOM battery trick that was mentioned in another thread. I'm secretly nervous about that still but I will have some water and baking soda handy just in case.

 

That would be Paulie, lol

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...start-car.html
https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...y-remains.html

 

Don't start it once a month unless you're going to get it HOT.
Just running it a bit can cause condensation to not burn off.

As to initial start up, some folks will turn it over with an ignition fuse out to precharge the oil. Not a bad thing...

 

Guys, Thanks alot! I guess I will just leave it alone until I can drive it. Pulling the injector/coil fuse is easy enough I will just do it when I start the car.

Bogg, I would go to canadian tire and get a product called Dry-Z-air. put a little bit chemical in a couple small cups and put them inside the car. put the main unit in garage under the engine bay or something to stuff to keep the air dry.

 

When I leave it in the garage for more than 15days I pull the fuel pump fuse and cranck it for 5-6 seconds, then let the starter cool a bit, then another 5-6 seconds to get the oil pressure up. And then put the fuse back in and start the car.

As for fluids...if you don't allow the engine to get to full temperature, gas will condensate on the cilynder walls and cause the oil to become acid over time.
Some oils are more resistant to this than others. Racing oils for example, are not good for frequent start/stop driving.

 

Good info.

When I start my GT2 now, I always let it run to operating temperature (oil and engine temperature both.)

bob

 

Of all the changes made to the 997s, that's my favorite. An oil temperature gauge.

 

Thanks for the tip. Gotta love Canadian Tire. They have the rhino ramps on sale this weekend but after seeing Bob's picture using the axle stands I'll just use the set I have. I could jack up the car from the block but since CT has a jack set on sale for $39 (including jack, axle stands (which I don't need) and chocks) I'll get it and use your method. I already have a low-profile racing jack.

My wife was shopping across the border in Buffalo last weekend so I told her to try and get some Mobil 1 in larger containers. They didn't have it in Walmart but they did have the 946mL ones for 6 and a half bucks. I told her to buy as many as they have, but they only had 10 or so, but that's still a lot cheaper than the 11 dollars a bottle here (although I did see them on sale for 7 bucks here last year - I'll buy more when they do it again). Oh boy, I can just see the money piling up from all the saving here on just oil changes. heck, I'm gonna splurge and change the oil twice a year!