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    how do you store an automobile for 4 months?

    0  Views: 336 Answers: 2 Posted: 14 years ago

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    Park it up it won't catch any harm for 4 months just remove the battery and put a designated trickle chaeger on it

    HI IT DEPENDS WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD AND AT WHAT SEASON OF THE YEAR


    IF YOU HAVE A FAIRLY MODERN CAR WITH ELECTRONIC ANTI THEFT DEVICES RUNNING AND OTHER ELECRONIC GISMOS ON ALL THE TIME THEN THE BATTERY WILL PROBABLY GO FLAT


    ITS PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO STORE YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE WITH AN APPROPRIATE TYPE OF BATTERY CHARGER LEFT ON TO KEEP YOUR BATTERY TOPPED UP .


    IF YOU ARE STORING OVER WINTER CHECK THAT ALL YOUR WATER WASHER BOTTLES HAVE ANTI FREEZE AND THAT THE ENGINE ANTI FREEZE IS UP TO THE CAR MAN. SPEC FOR ANY BAD FREEZING WEATHER AS A VEHICALE STANDING WILL BECOME MUCH COLDER THAN ONE USED EVERY DAY.


    IF IT IS OVER SUMMER TIME TRY AND KEEP IT IN THE SHADE IF YOU CAN NOT PUT IT IN A GARAGE AS THE SUN WILL RUIN THE INTERIOR BECAUSE THE HEAT WILL JUST KEEP BUILDING UP DAY AFTER  DAY


    IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO ASK YOUR LOCAL CAR DEALER IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR PARTICULAR MODEL BEING STORED FOR  4 MONTHS


    WHEN YOU GET BACK TO STARTING YOUR VEHICALE DO NOT START REVING IT STRAIGHT AWAY LET THE ENGINE TICK OVER TILL IT HAS WARMED UP AND THE BEARINGS ETC HAVE BECOME WELL LUBRICATED


    I HOPE THIS HELPS



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